It's National Suicide Awareness Month and National Farm Safety Week. Megan Schossow is the outreach director with UMASH -- the Upper Midwest Agricultural Health and Safety Center. She says mental health issues have reached points similar to that of the 80s farm crisis in the past decade. This is due to stress over trade deals, market volatility, COVID-19, supply chain disruption and inflation. She says it's also impacting more women and children. She shares warning signs you can watch for. She also shares convenient resources to get help, from 800-FARM-AID to 988. 

It's National Suicide Awareness Month and National Farm Safety Week. Megan Schossow is the outreach director with UMASH -- the Upper Midwest Agricultural Health and Safety Center. She says mental health issues have reached points similar to that of the 80s farm crisis in the past decade. This is due to stress over trade deals, market volatility, COVID-19, supply chain disruption and inflation. She says it's also impacting more women and children. She shares warning signs you can watch for. She also shares convenient resources to get help, from 800-FARM-AID to 988.

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