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Future uncertain for rural stress network
Despite receiving previous congressional authorization through the farm bill, the future of a network designed to provide basic outreach to stressed agricultural workers remains tenuous.
The Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network is designed to provide basic behavioral health care for agricultural workers. The care, primarily in the form of telephone hotlines such as the Iowa-based [...]
Iowa Farmers Can Get Help From New Disaster Program
The good news? Farmers who have suffered damages from flooding will be eligible for help from a new federal disaster program.
The bad news? Payments from the program won’t arrive until late 2009.


