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In response to the challenges faced by farmers and the epidemic proportion of suicides. [96] As a result of farmer suicide , research on farmers’ mental health increased sharply with a focus on financial difficulties farms faced during the 1980s and depression. [ 97 ]
This golden age was cut off shortly afterwards, though, as the OARDC suffered from the state's need to cut expenditures and merged with the Ohio State University in 1982 due to funding problems. After a decade of continued financial woes, the OARDC experienced a resurgence in the 1990s with the help of new director, Thomas Payne, and new funding.
Rural areas of Ohio have some of the highest rates of suicide state-wide, according to the Ohio Department of Health. [28] Three farmers from the close-knit community of Georgetown committed suicide between mid-2015 and 2017. [3] Several initiatives have been launched to combat the problem, including the "Ohio's Got Your Back" campaign. [28]
Farmers in high protest states faced high price variability due to the pattern of prices that was influenced by the railroad network that linked the states. Although, there is evidence that the drop in transportation costs caused farmers with suitable soils to diversify their crops in order to take advantage of relative farm gate prices. [7]
Ohio's prolonged drought is forcing the premature harvest of withered crops and depleting hay and feed reserves that had been stored for winter. 'A struggle to grow things': Ohio's drought has ...
Nancy Crow and her husband, John Stitzlein, live on a 218-acre farm in Liberty Township in northern Fairfield County, one that grows thick with hay and corn and soybeans and memories.. A 1,000 ...
Farmers in India. Agrarian distress refers to the economic, political, and social challenges faced by farmers and rural communities due to factors such as low crop yields, fluctuating prices of agricultural produce, high input costs, indebtedness, and lack of access to credit, markets, and infrastructure.
"The effect will be long lasting," said Ty Higgins, director of communications for the Ohio Farm Bureau. Of the Buckeye State's 88 counties, 87 were highlighted as parched when the U.S. Drought ...