MADISON, WIS. – DEC. 12, 2019: Frank Friar, an employee of The Wisconsin Farm Center, talks with a farmer on the phone about his business Dec. 12, 2019 in Madison, Wis. Friar has had many difficult conversations with farmers about their future in farming and how the potential loss of their farm makes them feel suicidal. The Wisconsin Farm Center provides free one-on-one assistance to Wisconsin farmers through start-up, growth, change, generational succession, and retirement. They have been receiving mental health related calls from farmers who are feeling suicidal because of the declining state of their family businesses. Lauren Justice for The New York Times
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