Report: Health care and weather distressing Ohio farmers
By Alayna DeMartini - demartini.3@osu.edu
One in three farmers in the survey reported major stress from farm economic conditions — land prices, production costs, and commodity price — and paying for health care.
Courtesy photo | The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
COLUMBUS — Weather was a major source of stress for farmers in 2019 when unrelenting rain kept some from being able to plant.
But perhaps more surprising was that health care costs weighed as heavily on their minds as businesses costs and profit margins that year, according to a survey done by The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES).