Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network

On Wednesday, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced $25 million for 50 grants supporting Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network State Department of Agriculture projects. The USDA said long before the pandemic caused an increase in stress around the world, stress-related mental health was already a rising concern across farm communities coast to coast. ...

Agriculture is getting a triple boost this week on the trade, spending and tax fronts, as Congress wraps up business for the year this week.  The House Ways and Means Committee kicked things off this week by sending to the full-House, the long-awaited USMCA, worth an estimated $2 billion in new U.S. f...

A coalition of agriculture groups Monday urged Congress to fully fund efforts to improve mental health in rural America.  The groups, including the National Farmers Union, asked Congress to fully fund the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network in fiscal year 2020.  ...