Just this week, The American Farm Bureau released a survey they commissioned on the issue of rural stress and mental health. It was taken just last month.
The results show two in five rural adults say stress and mental health have become more of a problem in their community in the past five years. Also, 36% say it's gotten worse in the last year.
Nearly half of rural adults say they are personally experiencing more mental health challenges than they were a year ago and it seems to be worse for younger folks ages 18-44.
A third of rural adults say they have personally sought care for a mental health condition and if you're a farmer or farmworker it's one in five.
When asked why, rural adults believe stress, weather, the economy, stigma around mental health and isolation are all having a negative impact on the mental health of farmers.
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