Most of the main street in Dexter, Iowa, is closed for good. Fourth-generation farmer Barb Kalbach keeps track on her drive to her husband Jim's workshop.
Most of the main street in Dexter, Iowa, is closed for good. Fourth-generation farmer Barb Kalbach keeps track on her drive to her husband Jim's workshop. Part of what she's seeing is a major decline in small farms. Around 90% of small farms in the area have shuttered, unable to survive shrinking profits, climate change and corporate farming, the Kalbachs told CBS News.
Those who remain are barely holding on. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, farmer suicide rates have spiked 40% in less than two decades. A worker at the Minnesota Farm and Rural Helpline, Cre Larsen, told CBS News their team fields about 30,000 calls a year. The most urgent calls are answered by Ted Matthews, who once led the Federal Emergency Management Agency's mental health response.
Matthews also said"It's overwhelming how difficult things are in farming," adding,"There's not a minute where a farmer doesn't feel stressed. There's something always going on that could go wrong.""This idea that you have to get so bad in order to see a therapist is a foolish one," Matthews said."Why wouldn't you want to be healthier?"
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