Hundreds of struggling Arkansas farmers are pleading with the federal government to provide emergency funding amid a farm economy crisis.Almost everything that
  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    681·
    17 hours ago

    “In the last 14 months, five of my customers have committed suicide. That’s how serious this is,” said another Arkansas farmer who also works as an ag equipment financier.

    Jesus Christ.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
      12·
      13 hours ago

      Hmm, when Trump’s treason and corruption can no longer be denied, maybe we’ll have an epidemic of MAGA suicides. Too bad they ended funding for suicide hotlines.

      • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 hours ago

        Too bad they ended funding for suicide hotlines.

        I forgot about that. IIRC, Canada had setup some new hotline to help Americans or something along those lines.

    • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
      271·
      15 hours ago

      I’ll send some thoughts and prayers (since I can’t afford much else these days)

    • tehn00bi@lemmy.world
      17·
      15 hours ago

      It’s already a very poor area, I can’t imagine anything looking more bleak than an entire lifetime of work slip away. What is your purpose after that?