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Why are America's farmers killing themselves in record numbers?
The suicide rate for farmers is more than double that of veterans. Former farmer Debbie Weingarten gives an insider’s perspective on farm life – and how to help




Wednesday 6 December 2017 06.00 ESTLast modified on Thursday 7 December 2017 14.26 EST

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It is dark in the workshop, but what light there is streams in patches through the windows. Cobwebs coat the wrenches, the cans of spray paint and the rungs of an old wooden chair where Matt Peters used to sit. A stereo plays country music, left on by the renter who now uses the shop.

“It smells so good in here,” I say. “Like …”

“Men, working,” finishes Ginnie Peters.

We inhale. “Yes.”


Ginnie pauses at the desk where she found her husband Matt’s letter on the night he died.

“My dearest love,” it began, and continued for pages. “I have torment in my head.”

On the morning of his last day, 12 May 2011, Matt stood in the kitchen of their farmhouse.

“I can’t think,” he told Ginnie. “I feel paralyzed.”

It was planting season, and stress was high. Matt worried about the weather and worked around the clock to get his crop in the ground on time. He hadn’t slept in three nights and was struggling to make decisions.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-farmers-killing-themselves-in-record-numbers


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Can someone explain to me how a bushel of wheat is worth 3.27$, and somehow 4 English muffins costs More?

Also, holy shit shot at farmers twice as likely to commit suicide as war veterans.
 
VivaRevolution said:
Why are America's farmers killing themselves in record numbers?
The suicide rate for farmers is more than double that of veterans. Former farmer Debbie Weingarten gives an insider’s perspective on farm life – and how to help




Wednesday 6 December 2017 06.00 ESTLast modified on Thursday 7 December 2017 14.26 EST

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It is dark in the workshop, but what light there is streams in patches through the windows. Cobwebs coat the wrenches, the cans of spray paint and the rungs of an old wooden chair where Matt Peters used to sit. A stereo plays country music, left on by the renter who now uses the shop.

“It smells so good in here,” I say. “Like …”

“Men, working,” finishes Ginnie Peters.

We inhale. “Yes.”


Ginnie pauses at the desk where she found her husband Matt’s letter on the night he died.

“My dearest love,” it began, and continued for pages. “I have torment in my head.”

On the morning of his last day, 12 May 2011, Matt stood in the kitchen of their farmhouse.

“I can’t think,” he told Ginnie. “I feel paralyzed.”

It was planting season, and stress was high. Matt worried about the weather and worked around the clock to get his crop in the ground on time. He hadn’t slept in three nights and was struggling to make decisions.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-farmers-killing-themselves-in-record-numbers


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Can someone explain to me how a bushel of wheat is worth 3.27$, and somehow 4 English muffins costs More?

Also, holy shit shot at farmers twice as likely to commit suicide as war veterans.
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Our entire food system is a hot mess , giant corporations squeezing every cent they can out of producers is just a symptom imo

Interesting topic though , it'll be interesting to dive into it deeper in Homers sticky
 
VivaRevolution said:
Why are America's farmers killing themselves in record numbers?
The suicide rate for farmers is more than double that of veterans. Former farmer Debbie Weingarten gives an insider’s perspective on farm life – and how to help
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A little out of place here, but that's a legit interesting topic (unlike the Sibel Edmonds stuff). We have a couple of farmers in the WR, maybe they can chime in.

BTW, I guess I gotta watch that vid. Can you repost the link?
 
AnGrYcRoW said:
Our entire food system is a hot mess , giant corporations squeezing every cent they can out of producers is just a symptom imo

Interesting topic though , it'll be interesting to dive into it deeper in Homers sticky
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I actually want to hear what @Farmer Br0wn or some of the other farmers here can tell me.

If commodity prices in foods are that low, then why are food prices so high?

If a bushel of wheat is selling for 3.27$, how many loafs of bread does a bushel produce?

Are we just getting raped by the producers, and retail outlets?
 
VivaRevolution said:
I actually want to hear what @Farmer Br0wn or some of the other farmers here can tell me.

If commodity prices in foods are that low, then why are food prices so high?

If a bushel of wheat is selling for 3.27$, how many loafs of bread does a bushel produce?

Are we just getting raped by the producers, and retail outlets?
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Yes I believe we are getting bent over by producers and retail outlets
 
AnGrYcRoW said:
Our entire food system is a hot mess , giant corporations squeezing every cent they can out of producers is just a symptom imo

Interesting topic though , it'll be interesting to dive into it deeper in Homers sticky
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Jack V Savage said:
A little out of place here, but that's a legit interesting topic (unlike the Sibel Edmonds stuff). We have a couple of farmers in the WR, maybe they can chime in.

BTW, I guess I gotta watch that vid. Can you repost the link?
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Good topic for an episode of "Parts Unknown: Wyoming"
 
Jack V Savage said:
A little out of place here, but that's a legit interesting topic. We have a couple of farmers in the WR, maybe they can chime in.
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It's actually a perfect topic: structural economic and political issues, coast vs center, death, religious implications, etc.
 
AnGrYcRoW said:
In summary he saw the War room turning into a cess pool so he started reporting a bunch who were shit posting and derailing threads , he himself was reported about 80 times so it was clearly tit for tat, of course it turned out that a group of them were conspiring to group attack threads and posters to shut down discusdion and have since been banned for it

Of course many of those banned were listed by Canadian Thug as some of his favorite posters

Tit for tat.... interesting term
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Painting a cuck snitch as a hero. The progressive bottomless pit keeps on giving.
 
AnGrYcRoW said:
In summary he saw the War room turning into a cess pool so he started reporting a bunch who were shit posting and derailing threads , he himself was reported about 80 times so it was clearly tit for tat, of course it turned out that a group of them were conspiring to group attack threads and posters to shut down discusdion and have since been banned for it

Of course many of those banned were listed by Canadian Thug as some of his favorite posters

Tit for tat.... interesting term
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he's a whiney bitch, theres your summary
 
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