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Stigma around mental health slightly reduced after years of farm group efforts

01/12/22 6:25 AM By Amy Mayer

Efforts to raise awareness and to work toward ending the stigma around mental health paid dividends when the COVID-19 pandemic further ratcheted up stress levels. But challenges remain.

Sheriffs: We can't 'arrest our way out of' the rural drug problem

01/20/21 5:25 AM By Hannah Pagel

Rural America has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, and sheriffs say drug intervention centers can be the solution to lower overdose deaths that are consuming people of all ages and demographic groups.

Retirees, immigrants driving rural growth

11/14/18 6:19 AM By Philip Brasher

America’s rural population is on the upswing, but the growth is concentrated in retirement areas or regions with meatpacking plants and other forms of agricultural processing that rely on Hispanics and other immigrants for labor, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service.

Opinion: The Opioid Crisis – Stop Pointing Fingers

10/27/17 10:45 AM By John Block

The opioid epidemic is a national crisis. Drug overdoses are killing 64,000 Americans each year.

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04.11.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 11, 2025: Rep. Newhouse on tariffs, USDA staff reductions

President Donald Trump this week temporarily paused country-specific reciprocal tariffs while those applied to China increased to 125%. We asked Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., how the move could change the U.S.' ag trading relationship with China and his thoughts on staff reductions at the Agriculture Department.

Then, Tim Lust from the National Sorghum Producers and Ken Barbic with Invariant discuss the tariffs, including how long producers can wait for government payments for market loss.

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