COVID-19 has added to the stress of farmers who are encouraged to talk about their stress and to reach out and check in on others.

Jeff Dizenberger, a Wisconsin farmer and certified mental health coach, says the number one thing farmers can do to help their mental health and that of others is to talk about how they are feeling…

“We have to have some of these hard conversations because honestly folks the hard conversations in life are much better than the hard conversations at a funeral.”

Ditzenberg attempted suicide in the 1990s and has since found his way back through helping others.

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