Suicide and agriculture have gone hand-in-hand for longer than most farmers publicly admit. "They have one of the highest rates of death by suicide," said Ty Higgins of the Ohio Farm Bureau. Males in ...

HARLAN, Iowa (GRAY DC) --It’s a hot summer morning at Dr. Michael Rosmann’s farm in Harlan, Iowa. Corn is waving in the wind, and there’s a certain sense of stillness. Inside, Rosmann is answering ...

Farmers have the highest suicide rate of any occupation, according to the CDC. Psychologist Michael Rosmann said that whenever he is home at his family's farm in western Iowa he is taking calls or ...

Farm Bureau members from across Virginia got a better sense of the financial, physical, familial and emotional stressors that can contribute to a higher risk of suicide among farming and rural ...

"You are never the same, but you have to make life go on," said the widow of a farming husband who purposefully ended his life about a year ago. This grieving woman asked me to write about her ...

Suicide rates among farmers in Kansas are up to seven times higher than state rates. Members of a panel recently said high stress among farmers combined with a reluctance of individuals to seek ...

Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report that looked at suicide rates for different occupational groups. One surprising statistic to many was suicide ...

This is the second in a series of mental health support articles provided by the American Soybean Association and the United Soybean Board By Theresia Gillie: Minnesota farmer, former president of the ...

WAUPACA, Wis. (WLUK) – Fleet Farm says it should not be held liable for an employee’s suicide, and asked for a civil lawsuit to be dismissed. In December, 2020, Ryan Ames stole a handgun and ...

One by one, three men from the same close-knit community took their own lives. Their deaths spanned a two-year stretch starting in mid-2015 and shook the village of Georgetown, Ohio, about 40 miles ...

HARLAN, Iowa (GRAY DC) -- It’s a hot summer morning at Dr. Michael Rosmann’s farm in Harlan, Iowa. Corn is waving in the wind, and there’s a certain sense of stillness. Inside, Rosmann is answering ...