As National Farm Safety and Health Week wraps up, this week’s interview looks at mental health resources for farmers heading into harvest, while the latest agriculture news covers financial pressures facing the farm economy and what potential limits on diesel exports could mean for farmers and refiners.

This week’s top agriculture headlines cover diesel costs that are nearly double what farmers paid a year ago and what lawmakers are considering to address those prices, including what potential changes could mean for refiners across farm country. We also look at the latest updates to farm loan programs, what U.S. farm groups are asking for as the U.S. and China prepare to meet, renewed calls for mandatory country-of-origin labeling and the USDA’s direction for the dairy checkoff program to stop using producer-funded dollars for environmental, social and governance initiatives. .

Today’s interview is with Carol Anderson, program director of Rural Minds. She discusses the non-profit’s mental health resources and how farmers can use those tools to help themselves and others, especially as farmers often turn to other farmers for information and support.

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