ARLINGTON, Va. — Farming is a uniquely stressful occupation, and farmer mental-health needs tend to be underserved, said Loganville, WI dairy farmer Randy Roecker in the latest Dairy Defined podcast. Roecker, a board member for Foremost Farms USA, is a co-founder of the Farmer Angel Network, a Wisconsin organization that helps support farmers’ mental health needs.
“A lot of farmers are very isolated and they don’t get off the farm very much. This leads to getting stuck in the same rut over and over again,” he said. “The main thing is to just be there for each other.”
The full podcast is here. You can also find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.
–National Milk Producers Federation
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