Pandemic Impact on Farmers Mental Health
Wednesday Feb 3rd, 2021
News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich.
The pandemic has had an effect on all of our lives, and our farmers and ranchers are no different. The American Farm Bureau recently did a survey on the causes of stress and mental health issues in farmers and other rural adults. This was a follow up to a similar survey conducted in 2019 to determine what changes may have occurred as a result of the pandemic. Here’s American Farm Bureau director of communications Ray Atkinson.
Atkinson… “A very strong majority said that farmer business problems and fear of losing the farm were impacting farmers’ mental health. Fast forward to December when we did this survey, we wanted to look at how things have changed since 2019. And then we also asked some specific questions about the impact of COVID.”