Financial uncertainty, physical isolation and increasingly unpredictable crop yields linked to climate change are just some of the stressors that are fueling a mental health crisis among farmers. A recent CDC study of occupational suicide risk found that male farmers, ranchers and other agricultural managers had a suicide rate more than 50 percent higher than the overall suicide rate of men in all surveyed occupations. Research also suggests that farmers have increased risk of heart disease caused in part by chronic stress and hardships from the job. On this page, we've compiled resources to help.
CDC: Centers for Agricultural Safety and HealthGreat Lakes Center for Farmworker Health and WellbeingKane County Farm BureauNational Center for Farmworker HealthNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Worker Safety on the Farm
