What is driving the high suicide rate among farmers? (2022)
article somewhat addressed it but I&#x27;d say demographics are the biggest factor, with an older male population and high gun ownership rate<p>The other issue is stress, family farmers are now competing directly with foreign government and hedge fund backed corporate farms, so it&#x27;s almost impossible to compete when they can just write off losses. And getting squeezed by monopolies for seed production and selling to monopolies for meat processing and grain buying. Many are working on land owned for generations and feel the pressure to not fail, I know several who became alcoholics as a result of having to sell their land after going broke, you can tell they feel a lot of shame over it due to their identity being so tied to what they do