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[@Charlie-hv3dh]

Finally, people are bringing attention to this

[@jessevallejo7059]

This is a serious issue that really needs attention not the kardashians!!!

[@allybean8885]

Don't care about these racist farmers.

[@pineapplepen540]

@@allybean8885 Just keep these words in mind the next time you want sympathy. Keep in mind that you deserve to be judged by the standard with which you judge others. And keep in mind that if you hold prejudices against others, when others will hold them against you, you'll have no right to complain.

[@allybean8885]

If that's the case I have no worries because I treat people the way I want to be treated, you white people can't say the same and neither can those white farmers.

[@pineapplepen540]

@@allybean8885 No, you're just a sociopath. Don't pretend you actually have a legitimate reason to hate people.

[@freddynator195]

As someone who is usually very critical of the Huffington Post I have to say that this is the first video by them which I liked. Good job, thanks for bringing attention to this important issue.

[@lowesonia8551]

The Wealthy Farm Owners who never dirty their hands get huge government subsidies. The misery of the Working Farmers has been News for years .

[@suzystone244]

I drove truck from 1998 - 2006. Went all over the USA. Met many farmers. Ranchers. Truckers. Blue collar people. I saw how our country ticked. Then there are the things not mentioned. This upload really hit my heart❤

[@wantsumbread9586]

Same here in New Zealand among farmers. Really sad

[@LONE_WOLF_GANG]

We should NEVER stop communicating w each other as humans, otherwise we'll slowly die.

[@johnnypruitt2305]

Just too bad some of us are treated less than human just for the color of our skin

[@DredPirateRoberts]

Johnny Pruitt - Racism is as American as baseball ⚾️⚾️⚾️. Always has and forever will.

[@hamidahlouch7727]

100 % correct

[@JoseSanchez-wb5rz]

This horrible but we can all learn from this,these farmers are really hard working folks who are in the shadows and we should all say we appreciate what they do.

[@jewelboynton2641]

We don't have the farmers anymore. Next trump is gonna put farmers in slavery since they know how to farm .HE STOLE YOU FAMILY BUSINESS

[@allybean8885]

Yeah we can learn what you put out there comes back to you three fold.

[@gryphon50c56]

Jose Sanchez i’m really confused as to why we should appreciate what they do. They do a job, they get paid for it. End of story. I’m sick of people putting the farmers on some sort of pedestal. It’s not like they’re providing food out of the goodness of their hearts.

[@BornaMartyr05]

gryphon50c Ungrateful folks like you..

[@hamidahlouch7727]

@@gryphon50c56 You know nothing of the issue .

[@ginawylie4746]

Heartbreaking, I was a farm girl, And let me tell you all, Our farmers no matter where their from, work their tails off to make sure people eat. And now a days the government's are pushing them out.. And I'm a big fan of semi trucks delivering the food to my table. But taking ones life only taking away their pain. Their families are left with the pain.

[@stellabar623]

This is heartbreaking, farmers have a rough life

[@hatrack5977]

Stella Bar no idea bruh

[@thejack9178]

They are animal abusers they deserve this

[@jeffreymuu5451]

ole nausene A farmer produces crops that we consume. Without them there is no food. It’s a hard job to do you need to learn some respect.

[@jeffreymuu5451]

Karen Reed The hope is in the younger generations. Old people are hard to change.

[@Cordell-]

ole nausene we feed you 3 times a day. Shut the hell up

[@arrisberry7456]

This is so sad... God bless Farmers of America!!

[@tammiehardeman1843]

Didn't know this was happening to farmers 😢 I can't speak for anyone I thank you all for what you all do

[@CowboySJ]

Thank you

[@jobe8764]

I learned from my grandfather, never mortgage the farm. Live humble, get a job to supplement income. Storms never last, the family farm must survive.

[@Herbalm8den]

Agree, this report failed to address the underlying issues of unfair banking, government policies and billionaires buying up family farms that robs these dedicated folks of the work they love.

[@DAVERYHX]

Independent owner truck drivers know exactly how that feels 😔

[@itgetter9]

I feel for this woman and for the whole family. Blessings to them, and thank you for speaking out, it might help someone else.

[@elberthardy961]

My dad lost the family farm and died, and when it was offered to me, I had no money to buy it from the other heirs and neither did any of the other 16, so it sold for a mere $89,000, lock, stock and barrel. Now the old homestead, including 2 houses, 3 big Barns, 2 Chicken houses, grape arbor, flowing well, riverside bottom ground, the woods, gardens and orchard are a tiny piece of somebody else's corporate plowed field. My best memories lie there buried with my ancestors. So, if I focus on myself, I fall into a deep pit with slippery slopes and no way out. If I focus on God, and all the others in my life instead, and the bright future we all share, I rise to the top and climb out. I like outside best. Here it's loving, kind and joyful. I never want to go back into the pit, so I stay grounded in God's coming government, which few understand. He's moving here to dwell with us. Then everyone on earth will know him from the least to the greatest.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

but first we christians go to heaven in the rapture and avoid the tribulation hell on earth; after all that is over; there is a new heavens and a new earth and THATS where Christ will dwell with us in the new jerusalem...

I'm so sorry!!! I under stand farming. And I'm so sadened by what's happening.they are so proud!!

[@xw7239]

We need to protect America's farming communities. Its not just a professional bond, it's a huge family and community connection. I grew up in a farm town and then moved to the city in my 20s. Nothing will ever compare to the kindness of the farming communities.

[@karenbishop5885]

I am sorry for your loss, I am sure he loved his family. It is an amazing life style, but it is beyond your control. Find peace.

[@parthshah1439]

Do u anyhelpline in india to helping people with anxiety

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Rural living is no more amazing than city living is an amazing lifestyle. The issue is that there are stresses in BOTH areas and people need to learn not to give up.

[@larmar]

I'm going through a real low right now. These videos are helping me through a rough time till I can get to a therapist in a couple of weeks. No friends and nobody to talk to but I'm determined to get through this I have to!

[@binkiep2840]

My prayers are with all the farmers who are struggling right now.

[@DredPirateRoberts]

Binkie P - on the bright side, they get to keep there red hat, which was made in China

[@vestspet4242]

What an amazing idea. If the state is willing to support their farmers like this, it's no wonder that Minnesota is one of the best places in the country to live. I hope more agriculture based states would start programs like this.

[@darleneshriver3270]

So heartbreaking! No words can I say to ease the pain for this family. Just prayers!

[@himusardar8329]

Farmers are the heart of a country .

[@aslater5]

No they are not. And I’m sick of hearing it.. They are no more Americans than anyone else, they are no more important than anyone else, they do a fucking job and they get paid for it. I am sick of hearing about farmers.

[@gryphon50c56]

Morga Hussain No, they are not. They are no more American than anyone else.

[@amandasimonich1845]

@@aslater5 I don't think a video about suicide is the place for you to say this though ? just a thought

[@randhawaz1]

tina kapoor Khatris (business community) like u from India are blood suckers of common people through earning profits by selling the crops at higher price by buying them at cheaper rate from farmers. Don’t tell me u pluck ur food from trees and grow ur own vegetables and don’t buy it from the market. Hypocrite money minded khatris of India will be taught good lesson by farmers. All these khatris in the parliament passing bills against farmers will get their neck under the knees of farmers. Wait and watch.

[@countryboy1625]

Wish Georgia had the mental health services you guys do! I wish I could do something to help change it! I'm a farmer and I know how hard it is to just get through life one day at a time.

[@untheist5533]

That is so depressing & sad. 😔

[@stackorstarve.6510]

This is the beginning of the end!

[@gloriamaggs5453]

OmG. I have never thought about farming people, and the overwhelming struggles that they must have to deal with. I will never again shop without thinking how much effort farmers go through to get their products to market. I hope with all my heart that anyone in need, will open up to someone, anyone, and seek help. This story just made me cry. G.

[@CowboySJ]

Thank you

[@brijdigital]

Very very Sad...! Suicide of farmers is one kind of suicide of Humanity. Farmers are The main part of the any country how the country is big or small. We must take care and support them respectively.

[@annsmith185]

just me yeah uh huh. He can screw up anything!

[@caller347]

Karen Reed Trump is right when he calls out how mass migration ruin nations.

[@teresitadejesusescandon5303]

Heart breaking... It is easy for a politician to start a trade war with catastrophic economic consequences without taking away his sleep but, for farmers it's a matter of life or death. Generations of hard work reduced to nothing.

[@DredPirateRoberts]

Theresa Escandon - guess you get a glimpse of what it’s like to me a minority in America.

[@teresitadejesusescandon5303]

@@DredPirateRoberts Interesting, because is also a glimpse of what it's like to God people who have no empathy for others. We can't give what we don't have or what we never received.

[@socorronorberto7246]

Lonely farmers....nobody listened them after election....

[@kimberlyrowden6474]

But but I thought Trump was going to save the farmers.

[@krbfarms]

Kimberly Rowden Shut it. Just leave it be. You been in those shoes? Btw... video was from 2006

[@kimberlyrowden6474]

Kyle Bumsted I know some farmers who live up in Wisconsin and they told me they such they voted for Bernie and I was right about Trump. It doesn’t matter what year what matters is that the hardship for farmers still exist after Trump promised he’d take care of the farmers. In the great words of Mark Twain it’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.

[@krbfarms]

Ever walked in those peoples shoes? Ever lost everything and it was a family farm? Keep the political bullshit out of it. These people fight the fight in their head every day no matter whose in office.

[@kimberlyrowden6474]

Kyle Bumsted you know damn well Trump promised US farmers he would fight for them. Fine keep on voting for him since that billionaire from NYC cares so much about a framers in Iowa or Wisconsin. You know I’m right. Btw I’ve faced tremendous hardships in my life too tell the farmers to pick themselves up by their bootstraps. See it’s not so funny until a crisis hits home. I’m telling you vote for someone who cares about the common people and about our farmers here in America. Bernie Sanders in the man for the job. He’s been against NAFTA and guess what he doesn’t wanna stop WIC who by the way farmers depend on too to sell and subsidize their income.

[@krbfarms]

Kimberly Rowden 1 billion bushel surplus of soybeans in USA stocks 2.4 billion bushel surplus of Corn in USA stocks. Production issue not Trump Bye Felicia

[@qweqqweq2090]

Thanx Walmart!

[@tedwazonek7956]

Sad, so sad 🥺…God bless all farmers and their families!! 🙏🏼❤️

[@Mysucculentchinesemeal]

This is heart breaking.

[@asmitapatil9393]

I thought only Indian farmers suicide...sad this situation of farmers is everywhere.

[@raisarwanath4484]

Farmer suicide in India is worst in the world. In USA it's thousand times better than India.

[@chaitulion2672]

USA farmers suicide because of stress India farmers suicide because of crop loss or money

[@everettduncan7543]

@@chaitulion2672 Now people are feeling the crop loss disasters in America too. Ever seen how dry parts of the midwest are?

[@chaitulion2672]

Mouth Eater they won’t suicide because of crop loss USA govt has transparency and democratic country not like India cryptocracy govt

[@everettduncan7543]

@@chaitulion2672 Not under Trump

[@jeffcatey7457]

You have made a difference. I will share on my fbook, hopefully many will too.

[@barbaraallen7164]

It's really sad that comments are not focused on the problem at hand. Instead it's about people's political views. I'm a native midwesterner.

[@josephsmith1893]

Wow... it's usually the Asian countries where the farmers and their family commit suicide, all because they end up in huge debt and can't afford to pay it back. Humanity is a disgrace!

[@KS-vj2ln]

Joseph Smith It was like this back in 80's before I was born. Things are ugly now but the 80's were worse.

[@zorazorazorzzora8333]

Joseph Smith Yes humanity is a disgrace.

[@tooakki]

Joseph Smith More so the people in Authority and Power positions are truly the disgraceful ones.

[@tooakki]

Joseph Smith More so the people in Authority and Power positions are truly the disgraceful ones.

[@charlesndaganje531]

It depends on where they show

[@Pamela-cn3pm]

I watched the results of farmer suicide on many families and friends years back. If these wonderful men could have seen the effects their deaths had on their families, they might have found another way. Farm associations, in every state in this country, need to be educating their members on family outcomes and alternatives.

[@merrilymunson5010]

So incredibly sad....

[@johnburns2510]

Sad Truth In America. Mercy on the family’s that experience this American Tragedy.

[@ClemonsKunkel]

Sorry for your Lost. R I.P

[@rickboer7715]

One of the few jobs where you have NO control over long cycles of low prices/bad weather so that you feel so powerless

[@xw7239]

Bluegrass jams at farms helped keep the communities strong. We need to start doing this again.

[@nickpalazzi2121]

I needed this

[@jerseyman9080]

Sorry but Americans are too busy watching their fav sports team. They don't have a time to think about anyone else.

[@contro2023vercy]

Slaves went through this every day for 200 years .

[@HornOkay]

Heartbreaking. Government must collect more taxes from wealthiest to balance out struggling families.

[@whooelse9444]

Most of these people you see who claim to be farmers are really just the owners of the farms. They may own it but the bulk of them dont do much of the actual work. Take a wild guess on who's doing the real backbreaking, heat exhausting work.

[@user-yu8vm6ru3d]

whoo else hired hands

[@RJ1999x]

You're an idiot

[@jeffreymuu5451]

whoo else In California that is the case or the lease property for 40 years. Not so sure about the mid west states.

[@bhh2100]

My family owns a multi million dollar poultry farm and you sir are an idiot :)

[@Lisaj4431]

@@bhh2100 Come on Blake you know you don't get your hands dirty, the chicken industry relies on the Hispanics to do all the real work.

[@Miguelitolilmex]

Foreclosure of Dream by Megadeth . This song came out in 1992. Talks about this issue. This is been going since the Reagan presidency.

[@darrenclarke4671]

Well said. Reagan's administration started the slow extinction of the family farm. The rest is history now. Trump's rhetoric is making it worse. The EMPIRE eating it's own.

[@rodolfoayalajr.8589]

Rip Amen 🙏🏻. Prayers for you and manyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy families. Amen 🙏🏻.

[@minsh5675]

Yup

[@elrojo4379]

This happens a lot in India. Makes me think that life is depressing and sad.

[@SteelCowboy]

I’m so sorry

[@chakratejaboppana6716]

We have this problem in india too where agriculture is the backbone of country's economy. There are many reasons like farmers can't fix their product's selling price, abnormal weather pattern's, less storage options for crops etc.But no one really cares.

[@michaelduggan1890]

These people are the best kinda folks , they only want a clean life without bothering others and to be independent . I wish them well .

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

As someone who has lived rurally, there are city folk who want a clean life without bothering others, being self-sufficient, and wanting to be independent. Please educate yourself. Ignorance is a choice, and you are showing a marked ignorance.

[@HadassahJacobs]

In addition to the stress issues being presented in this heartbreaking video, recent studies have revealed that the pesticides being used on crops are causing suicide.

[@MrDowntownLA]

Todays, New York Times had an article about how GOP legislation has hurt the family farm. TK

[@pattichambley6509]

I am so sorry for you

[@user-iv8mo1tm6f]

Heart breaking we love you all

[@sageywavey]

Death is the answer

[@allenrodriguez49]

I had no idea this was going on inhave allot of respect for these people they grow our food may God bless them

[@teddymills1]

Someone said, as long as you do your best you do not have to accept any regrets.

[@jeffschmidt4795]

We live Northwestern Pennsylvania we having to sell our Dairy cows to low milk prices 4 years FSA does not want to high Dairy farm BUT THRY Have MONEY FOR New START UP DOES THAT Make Sense !!!! They don't wanna help existing farms to get refinance to diversify 😞 Bankers told the Dairy farmers in 1980 to come more efficient getting milk out of cows so we did that NOW THEY Don't WANNA Help NOW TELL US WE ARE OVE Producing it our fault for low milk prices we don't know what we get paid from mouth to mouth milk processors are taking a vantage of us for a long time The last 10 years processors been making big profits off of the backs of dairy farmstead we need to get Whole milk and two schools kids don't like the 1% milk in school now it test bad that why kids don't like milk now !!!!!

[@BohariJapar]

:(

[@carriesee7209]

You want change? Vote sanders 2020

[@abdelhamidahlouch6149]

Why USA wastes its money on wars all over the world and neglects these farmers in crisis . It is so sad to hear the story of this lady . All the best

[@caller347]

Abdelhamid Ahlouch Because Israel can’t fight its own wars.

[@ShidaiTaino]

caller347 yea they can

[@CowboySJ]

It's hard, I can relate as a single middle male

[@goldassayer93555]

With the price of international bulk shipping at extremely low rates the farmers of the world all have to compete with the lowest cost producer where ever they are in the world. This puts terrible financial stress on farmers and drives them out of business. Farms that have been in business for generations are going bankrupt and this is a terrible mental blow the male farmers who are not able to feed their families and losing the generational family farm at the same time. Something must be done. That may require national tariffs that protect the farmers within a country. The cost of tariffs will be higher food prices and that is hard on the non farmers in a country. What to do?

[@vblackwell3347]

What to do? Start with getting a real POTUS. Then get a new broom and sweep the house clean. Pass a law for term limits and another making it a crime for any politician to lie to the public or off to jail as quickly as anyone lying to the FBI. That's for stattets.

[@amp710252853]

it's bull shit farmers have so little power vs food production companies. they work too hard to devote time to combat and negotiate to cut out the middle man. how do we solve this? create a person who devotes time to negotiate on the behalf of farmers? we have equities and places to sell grain to, but that is not enough to make people who feed us live comfortably and that's bull shit. they die off, then big corporations take over and we don't have a fucking choice. Walmart controls their milk production. That's good business for them, but everyone else gets screwed. Buy milk or whatever LOCALLY.

[@billyforbes9474]

Losing something that’s been in your family for over 100 years is devastating. Homes have a lot of memories but when it’s generational it’s a whole different beast. And a lot of this land the farmers lose is being ate up by land developers or mega farms.

[@darkone6666]

They will be going of the charts by 2020

[@tonyrock5313]

Farmers are no different than other workers.

[@ginafox3229]

Thank you..I think farmers are the current endangered species!

[@dereckhenderson2727]

God bless 😢

[@elishebaxoxo]

OMG! Sooooooo sad. I'm so sorry for her loss. He was so handsome. I cant even watch the whole thing. too sad

[@mw3516405]

45 trade wars got us! This is a shame 💔

[@keliahboyd5636]

When you steal somebody land these are the results suffer

[@rooroo7274]

Yep. Good point.

[@joaquinsolorio6810]

Karma

[@caller347]

Keliah Boyd It’s our land now. The technology, education, infrastructure, and social programs belong to white people. This country was amazing when it was 90% white. Now it’s turning into a shithole due to mass migration.

[@eddiecheang1513]

If farmer's live is hard enough, why is Trump bringing more problems to them by starting the tariffs? What sort of person is he?

[@DredPirateRoberts]

Just a white guy

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

I find it so ironic when these ex-city people claim that they are trying to escape from "city stress" and then find out, the hard way, that rural living is not as stress-reducing as they like to think it is. Farming and living rurally comes with its own stresses, including unnecessary stresses. The good news is that you can leave the rural rat race, if its making you stressed to the point of considering suicide or crime.

[@elrojo4379]

I been out of jail for about 5 months going on six. I worked the field but the wage was based on work produced or by contract and not a hourly wage. So I made about $30 occasionally and $50-$60 on a good day. Even though I only pay $400 for rent with bills included, I was hungry. I started thinking about crime because I went about two months struggling to eat a meal at least once a day. We are living in bleak times right now throughout the world.

[@24hoursago3]

the world without farmers

[@Mac-st8fd]

Its been like this for years you know the amount of pressure that farmers have to go through is immense hopefully the media and the government will help these people instead of making humans hate each other

[@normanspurgeon5324]

Lots of good lessons here about mental health. Thanks for this. Ted Matthews has a little tummy going on. Prevent suicide, and diabetes.

[@TheEtbetween]

Never knew this existed

[@deepattison9329]

Having associations of other farmers and regular meetings might help. Isolation and loneliness are known killers. Even stay at home mothers can suffer from it. Everyone is happier when people understand what you are going through. The middlemen in the food industry make the money and we have cheap food in this country but still, some people go hungry. Farming can be a very hard life but it can have some satisfaction.

[@team6083]

I grew up on a 4th generation diary farm in Wisconsin. We sold out in 14 and luckily we were able to keep crop and beef farming but this will likely be our last year farming. Trump and his tariffs are really killing every market we where already skimming by on.

[@gryphon50c56]

TheNotSoSilentOutdoors Who did you guys vote for? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Hillary.

[@johnnypruitt2305]

The price you pay for stolen land

[@timkaldahl]

Why is the increase a surprise? The increase in bankruptcy is a huge indicator that the rate of suicide is going to go up. Let's take the money back from the huge agribusinesses and use it to help the small family farms. And I'm not talking about my cousins who have over 100,000 acres under tillage. Use the money for loss protection loans to get them through, and then when they can pay it back it will be there for the next crisis. Most farmers don't want a handout, but they might accept a hand up.

[@joannajamerson35]

Sad..please light a white candle so our farmers are ok in the afterlife. Say a prayer. Give them an offering.

[@harmonyolivia8494]

Blame Trumpet for your situation.

[@danw6014]

The same thing was going on in the late 70s. Caused the same problem, over production. Jimmy Carter was president. It doesn't really matter.

[@gryphon50c56]

Dan W and it was the same problem throughout the entire 20 century. Farmers work hard, and the more they produce, the more prices go down, causing more financial distress, rinse repeat.

[@charlesmartin5043]

Why do the farmers keep supporting trump?

[@DredPirateRoberts]

Charles Martin - Racism is as American as baseball ⚾️⚾️⚾️

[@gryphon50c56]

They are not the smartest. Let’s face it, smart people generally leave the Midwest. It’s like reverse evolution or something.

[@tmack2090]

when you work long hours its very hard to get help and most people dont care or they just dont want to hear it . i been there i know . everybody says talk to someone its just not as easy as they make it sound . i reached out to my own work place and i was made to feel like its no big deal you will be fine. till it about put me under . i reached out to people around me but if those people never been where you are with your metal health they dont understand . the biggest problem is when you are trying to get help most people just want to tell you how to fix yourself rather then let you talk through the hurt or stress or whatever it maybe that is pulling you down . nobody really knows what its really like when you at that point when your about to suck on a gun barrel till you have done it . you can be there in a second and that all it that it takes . i have lost some friends over the years to this problem and we all had the same issues . we all worked alot of hrs and we all worked alone .even if we could have gotten help we were to busy keeping the wolves away to get away to get help . the world doesnt stop because you are have problems . the bank will never say sorry to hear your having issues so we will hold off on your bank loans till you get better or your work place . some make it through it and some dont make it through it . its just not and easy fix when it comes to metal health issues .

[@hukabuktx6753]

So what is the family farmer suicide rate? Is it any different than other people's suicide rate?

[@annar6591]

Thank you for sharing this painful information. I have always appreciated our farmers, and when I hear they are having a difficult time, it truly bothers me, especially when our government doesn't help them, or be the cause of the difficult times. It is obvious, the farmers work is not easy, and the American people, our country benefits from their success, and we must join with them during the difficult times also. We can all use our voices!

[@beybslifeintheus494]

we miss do farming keep safe

[@yeepee999]

The stress as a result of *Trade War.* My emphaty to these hard working American farmers.

[@newfiemusic]

Who would give this a thumbs down?

[@parkplace6677]

The only problem I see is they aren’t acting fast enough. They have done enough harm to usa

[@burnettsalmon8534]

They all voted for trump so there u have it

[@RoseSharon7777]

He died in 2006.

[@allybean8885]

And they ramped up their racism against Black farmers, you get back what you put out into the universe.

[@peacefreedom4930]

75% of farmers voted for Trump. This video was made prior to the tariff war. Farmers were already losing money, stressed, and suicidal. I’d be interested in an update on this story.

[@goyonman9655]

me as well

[@terryhartsoe2173]

Trump has raged about the Dairy Farmers for 4 years. Canada dumps they're government-subsidized milk in United States. But if our farmers try to sell in Canada there's a 300% tariff the new trade deal would take care of this but the Democrats have let it lie in Congress 4 a year but yeah blame Trump

[@leandroaraujo6949]

My name is Leandro ,Please someone pray for me!

[@robertwatkins8220]

A farm family I knew, one son was in my Graduating Class, had 3 Suicides! The Father and two sons, each was years apart. The last brother disappeared. Friends searched for weeks and finally found him in the Southwest US. They went, brought him home and talked him into being placed in a mental facility to save his life!

[@annsmith185]

I’m so sorry to hear about the suicide problem among farmers. So sorry for this and other families that are going through this. Heartbreaking. I knew farmers were having a difficult time. I knew Trumps policies were going to hurt them. I hope the Democrat’s win and they make it a priority to help Farmers , American industry and Manufacturing. I hope Farmer’s realize that Trump’s Republican Party is not going to help them. I was born in the city but there were American Farmers in my family. Last family farm sold in the 1960’s.

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

Every President has not been the farmers friend; if you view it from that perspective. The commodities market is managed by private corporation and ag industry is affected by bankers, mega ag Corp., and Geo-political events. Farmers is in the middle.

[@alexanderaquino4289]

The problem in US Farming is that. Farmers used to ran it like a Laboratory than a Farm, American Labor was expensive and American Farmers and Laborers were in decline, most of the new generation were like celebs that had allergic to dirt and mud