Farmers are such an important part of the fabric of society. Here we have had a campaign being push for many years now to recognize the importance of farmers and all they provide. The government was scaling back land and raising taxes for some time that caused a huge stir. My in-laws are farmers and although they live a good life with money, the hours are massive and the stress of hoping for a bumper crop or even a successful crop at all can be overwhelming. In more recent years there have been concerns about the amount of rain in some places and less rain means less growth. There is also the struggle to compete with industrial farms. It is tough to match prices on your crops against a mass-produced crop. All that being said, it seems like a huge rise in the suicide numbers amongst a particular group. Definitely good to get eh conversation started and create awareness.
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