More farmers are reaching out for mental health assistance.
The Wisconsin Farm Center has been offering farmers connections to counseling for more than 20 years, but coordinator Karen Endres says more farmers are reaching out to them because community connections have changed. “Fewer farmers, COVID, losing those social gatherings, so before we maybe would have vented it out at our card club or with the milk hauler when they stopped by, or the seed salesman.
Wisconsin Farm Center mental health referrals up
