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A
Good
morning-
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here
as
we
are
having
our
september
meeting
of
the
tobacco
settlement
agreement
fund
oversight
committee
and
before
we
begin,
I
would
like
to
ask
representative
reed
if
he
will
lead
us
in
a
prayer.
B
Everybody,
please
bow
your
heads,
most
gracious,
heavenly
father.
We
thank
you
for
your
wonderful
love,
your
mercy,
that
overtakes
us
with
your
prosperity
and
success.
We
pray
for
the
commonwealth
of
kentucky
heavenly
father.
We
thank
you
for
your
guidance
and
your
nature
that
you
put
in
all
our
souls,
but
we
pray
for
our
farmers
as
they
as
they
start.
Their
harvest.
Heavenly
father
have
a
wonderful
year.
B
A
Once
again,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here,
and
I
asked
the
clerk
to
call
the
row.
Please.
A
Oh
yes,
and
for
those
who
are
meeting
with
us
on
zoom,
please
let
us
know
where
you're,
where
you're
at
thank
you.
C
A
A
First,
we'll
have
our
report
from
the
ag
coming
up
right
here
with
our
executive
director,
brian
lacefield,
the
kentucky
ag
policy
and
bill
mccloskey
as
well.
Please.
G
I
also
I'm
glad
when
looking
at
the
agenda
and
seeing
who
else
we're
sharing
the
the
time
with
today,
with
my
colleagues
there
with
kda
and
talking
about
farm
safety,
and
I
just
just
noticed
the
proclamation
came
out
from
the
commissioner
this
morning,
proclaiming
september
19th
through
25th
farm
safety
and
health
week
in
kentucky
so
very
appropriate
to
have
the
guest
with
us
today.
G
Speaking
of
the
kda,
this
was
a
fun
year
with
the
state
fair.
We
we
wrapped
up
the
state
fair
last
month
in
person,
state
fair,
and
I
call
it
a
a
success.
This
was
a
very
well-attended
state,
fair
and
it
was
a
unique
experience
for
me
this
time
I
admit
the
last
probably
15
years.
I
have
attended
a
few
events
and
meetings
come
in
and
out
of
the
state
fair
on
for
a
day
or
two
this
year.
As
a
kda
employee,
I
got
the
full
experience.
I
was
there.
G
Eight
of
the
11
days
of
the
fair,
the
koap
team
was,
was
glad
each
of
the
staff
put
in
a
couple
of
days,
working
at
the
fair
doing
everything
from
helping
the
kids
on
the
pedal
tractors
to
to
the
highlight
for
me,
chairman
was,
I
got
one
day,
be
the
voice
of
freddie
farm
bureau,
and
so
I
have
updated
my
resume
post
post
that
experience
and
encourage
any
any
of
our
members
of
the
general
assembly
to
to
take
that
event.
G
The
louisville
louisville
ag
club
staffs
that
and
their
do,
that
for
the
support
of
their
scholarship
recapping.
The
last
month
since
last
I
saw
you
we
have
spent
a
continue
operation
goes
along
as
we
normally
do,
with
staff
and
and
bill,
and
myself
running
the
the
roads.
A
couple
of
highlights
for
this
month
we
did
have
an
extension
agent
meeting
and
the
extension
agents
that
we
work
with
are
vital
for
the
delivery
of
our
programs.
G
We
we're
a
small
shop
but
we're
administering
programs
in
all
120
counties
of
kentucky,
and
we
do
that
through
our
partnership.
With
extension,
they
are
the
facilitators
and
the
educators
of
the
majority
of
our
programs.
We
have
operating
in
the
state,
and
we
had
a
good
good
meeting
in
frankfurt
with
with
a
large
group,
representing
everywhere
from
davis
to
wolf
county.
I
think
was
our
two
extremes
and
a
good
mix
in
between
continue
to
attend
county
councils
across
the
state
and
had
a
really
good
day.
G
Last
week,
spending
a
full
day
in
louisville
learning
about
urban
agriculture.
Everything
from
community
gardens
to
backyard
farming
so
definitely
continues
to
add
to
the
diversity
of
of
kentucky
agriculture.
When
you
look
at
that,
big
event
is
happening,
beginning
saturday
and
we'll
go
on
into
next
week
is
for
the
first
time
in
over
20
years,
kentucky
will
be
host
to
the
national
association
of
state
department
of
agriculture
nasda,
and
this
is
the
the
association
the
commissioner
is
currently
chairman
of
in
and
is
hosting
in
kentucky
for
their
their
annual
meeting.
G
So
a
fine
chance
to
showcase
something.
I
know
everybody
in
this
room
is
very
proud
about
kentucky
agriculture,
but
doing
that
to
to
representatives
from
all
50
states
and
we're
excited
about
having
having
them
in
town.
G
We
do
have
a
new
hire.
Since
last
I
met
with
you.
We
we
had
lost
our
loan
processing
manager
that
lindsey
bates
had
left
to
go
to
law
school,
so
we're
excited
to
see
her
advancing
her
career,
but
it
left
us
with
a
big
hole
and
we
are
thankful
to
have
filled
that
and
lane
ryan.
A
recent
uk
ag
econ
graduate
with
experience
in
financial
services
today
is
starting
in
our
first
day,
so
we're
we're
now
back
to
fully
staffed
and
and
very
thankful
for
that.
G
We
concluded
the
survey
that
we
spoke
about
last
month,
as
we
were
here
visiting
where
we
had
engaged
about
1400
of
our
stakeholders
being
everyone
from
these
extension
agent
partners.
I
spoke
of
members
of
the
county
council
and
program.
Participants
representing
the
farmers
across
the
state,
had
had
1400
surveys
that
went
back
had
a
strong
response
rate
of
over
500
those
are
being
compiled
and
we
will
be
sharing
the
results
with
our
joint
boards.
G
Next
month-
and
that
is
what
I
want
to
remind-
is
we're
very
excited
about
the
october
meeting,
where
the
members
of
both
kentucky
ag
finance
corporation
board
and
the
ag
development
board
will
be
in
frankfurt
and
will
be
here
on
on
the
day,
we're
scheduled
to
meet
with
you
all
and
should
have
a
large
number
of
board
members
that
will
be
joining
me
for
for
the
the
meeting
next
month.
We
will
also
be
working
with
going
over.
G
The
survey
results
as
well
as
this
is
the
time
of
year,
where
we're
we've
compiled
feedback
from
from
all
stakeholders
throughout
the
year,
and
the
board
will
be
working
to
to
set
guidelines
and
policy
for
the
programs
that
will
be
acting
in
calendar
year
2022.
So
a
lot
of
exciting
things.
My
deputy
executive
director
has
told
me,
I'm
really
in
for
a
exciting
time,
the
next
three
months
as
we
we
look
to
wrap
up
this
year
and
get
ready
for
the
the
future
year.
Based
on
what
I've
experienced
since
april.
G
I
don't
know
how
we
fit
this
in.
We
stay
pretty
busy
as
it
is
but
excited
to
go
through
this
complete
cycle,
and
I
will
stop
now
and
turn
it
over
to
bill
and
let
him
recap
the
programs
and
loans
that
were
approved
last
month.
F
All
right
to
give
you
an
update
on
the
ag
development
board
met
august,
the
20th
at
the
state,
fair,
the
press
release
indicated
3.4
million
dollars
in
projects
we'll
start
with
programs.
You
can
see
15
cape
applications
were
approved
for
2.8
million
dollars
of
the
17
million
dollars
was
allocated
to
the
counties
this
year
with
the
master
selling
agreement.
Payment
about
80
percent
history
tells
about
80
percent
of
the
17
million
dollars
will
be
invested
into
the
cape
program,
so
that
is
the
representative
king.
F
That's
the
primary
program
that
utilizes
the
ag
development
fund,
at
least
on
the
county
side.
In
the
deceased
farm
animal
removal
program
you
see,
three
counties
were
approved
for
thirty
six
thousand
dollars
and
then
the
next
generation
farmer.
This
is
individual
between
18
and
40
can
access
this
program.
F
Hardin
county
is
going
to
offer
that
at
thirty
thousand
dollars-
and
you
go
to
page
two-
we
had
one
shared
use-
equipment
application
graves
county,
our
most
popular
piece
of
equipment
in
the
shared
use
equipment
program
is
no-till
drill,
so
they
were
approved
for
a
little
over
nineteen
thousand
dollars.
Then
the
used
ag
incentive
program,
four
counties
approved
for
eighty
five
thousand
dollars
used
is
age
between
nine
and
eighteen
can
utilize
this
program
so
a
little
over
two
point:
nine
million
dollars
in
programs.
F
Three
four
and
five,
so
we've
got
seven
amendments,
so
we've
got
trig
county,
bullitt
county
and
then
those
are
cape
programs
and
then
henry
county's
got
three
amendments
for
the
cape
youth
program
and
the
the
next
generation
and
in
carroll
county
and
in
marion
county.
So
those
seven
amendments
total
253
thousand
dollars
in
county
funds
next
going
into
projects.
So
we'll
turn
to
page
six,
so
hickman
county
board
of
education
was
approved
for
forty
two
thousand
nine
hundred
dollars
of
a
eighty,
five
thousand
eight
hundred
nineteen
dollar
project.
You
see
there.
F
This
is
a
high
school
project,
a
lot
of
different
aspects
of
this
project,
and
I
would
point
out-
and
I've
mentioned
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
or
so
that
the
ag
development
board
did
commit
state
money,
total
484
thousand
dollars
to
21
counties
that
have
not
received
tobacco
funds
or
limited
tobacco
funds
in
the
past.
This
is
one
of
the
councils.
This
project's
been
in
the
works
for
over
a
year
where
there
were
approved
for
forty
two
thousand
twenty
four
thousand
eight
hundred
sixty
estate
funds
and
the
remaining
eighteen
thousand.
F
That's
page
six,
then.
Moving
on
to
page
seven,
the
kentucky
horse
council
was
approved.
Senator
webb
for
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
part
of
a
four
hundred
thousand
dollar
project,
again
working
with
kentucky
horse
council
to
do
a
comprehensive
evaluation
of
the
industry
working
with
the
national
agricultural
statistics
service
to
help
complete
the
survey
and
they
categorize
equine
operations
in
four
categories,
production,
which
would
be
breeding
boarding,
training,
horses
or
training
riders.
F
Those
are
the
four
categories
they
will
look
at
in
evaluating
the
equine
industry
here
in
kentucky,
and
this
information
will
be
used
for
a
business
equine
businesses
going
forward
to
make
better
decisions.
As
far
as
regarding
the
profitability
of
operations,
so
senator
webb,
I'm
sure
you
appreciate
equine
project,
we're
presenting
to
you
today
and
then
next.
On
page
eight
we've
got
the
nelson
county
farm
bureau
of
nelson
county
was
approved
for
2188
dollars
for
farm
safety
projects.
Specifically
grain
bin
rescue,
dale
dobson
is
going
to
be
here.
F
I
notice
he's
on
your
agenda
and
he
plays
a
big
part
in
working
with
these
counties
that
develop
these
safety
programs.
So
I
want
to
give
a
salute
to
dale
dobson,
as
he
presents
to
you
later
today
and
he's
very
instrumental
again
in
helping
these
counties
put
these
safety
programs
together,
page
eight.
Okay,
then
page
nine.
We
have
a
denied
project.
F
This
was
a
slaughter
facility
that
didn't
follow
through
on
the
requirements,
so
they
were
denied
funding
and
one
of
the
requirements
of
any
startup
slaughter
facility
that
they
work
through
their
business
plan
with
kaycar
kentucky
center
for
agriculture
and
royal
development.
If
they
work
through
that
process
and
then
the
next
step
is
we,
we
will
schedule
a
meat
processing
consultant
expert
that
we've
contracted
with
the
state.
I
think
we've
updated
you
on
that.
F
In
the
past
they
failed
to
follow
through
on
those
requirements,
so
they
were
not
funded
and
then
page
10
is
another
meat
processing
applicant.
That
was
not
able
to
meet
the
requirements
of
the
of
the
program,
so
their
project
was
denied
funding
and
then
page
11
and
12,
just
as
the
press
release
gives
you
the
update
on
all
the
projects
that
we're
funding.
We
just
reviewed
representative
gossett
that.
H
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
report.
My
first
question
is:
if
you
could
just
tell
us
a
little
bit
more
about
the
next
generation
farmer
and
that
thirty
thousand
dollars
and
some
of
the
projects
that
that
might
be
going
to.
F
The
that
program
was
developed
several
years
ago
to
target
beginning
farmers
18
to
40
that
may
that
otherwise
had
to
compete
with
your
full-time
farmers
or
established
farmers
in
the
cape
program,
county
agriculture,
investment
program.
So
in
the
ca
in
the
cape
program,
there's
11
different
investment
areas.
The
same
investment
areas
are
offered
in
this
program
is
just
a
way
for
a
county.
If
they'd
like
to
target
beginning
farmers,
they
can
set
aside,
in
this
case
30
000
again
just
targeted
to
beginning
farmers
in
the
18
to
40
year
range.
G
Based
on
the
competitive
nature
of
the
scoring,
some
of
these
that
are
just
starting
may
not
score
as
high
as
the
the
more
established
producers
that
that
bill
was
referencing
or
have
the
the
higher
level
of
tobacco
dependency
that
others
may
have.
So
this
is
a
way
to
carve
out
a
portion
and
set
aside
and
not
have
them
competing
with
the
the
same
group
of
producers.
G
H
H
If
I
may,
and
are
we
doing
any
kind
of
specific
outreach
to
those
groups
to
try
my
assumption?
Is
that
there's
not
necessarily
a
ton
of
diversity
and
equity
programs
that
are
given
these
grants
right
now?
So
I'm
just
wondering,
could
you
maybe
give
us
some
advice
of
what
we
could
do
to
help
spread
the
word
a
little
more
broadly
into
those
kinds
of
communities
about
these
opportunities.
F
Well,
let
me
give
you
some
update
on
some
programs
that
we've
approved
development
boards
approved
you
know,
to
target
limited
resource
farmers
we've,
given
you
updates
in
the
past
on
the
kentucky
state
university
small
scale
grant
program
where
individuals
can
request
up
to
five.
Five
thousand
spend
ten
get
five
thousand
dollars
as
a
reimbursement,
and
these
again
are
targeted
to
small-scale
farmers,
mostly
in
eastern
kentucky,
but
they
do
offer
the
program
in
the
across
the
state.
Another
program
we
recently
approved
was
grow
appalachia
out
of
berea
college
and
again
they
they
target
eastern
kentucky
producers.
F
That
may
be
starting
and
need
some
technical
assistance
with
specifically
with
high
tunnel
type
of
I'm
say
greenhouse
operations,
and
it
helps
them
to
understand,
maybe
the
value
of
taking
a
a
soil
sample
and
what
kind
of
fertilizer
you
might
need,
also
educate
them
on
rotating
the
different
crops
in
a
high
tunnel.
F
A
Representative
roberts,
one
thing
I
will
share
with
you:
I
know
within
the
ag
community,
especially
when
you
go
in
to
farm
supplies,
any
of
those
type
of
commercial
places.
A
These
programs
are
discussed
on
a
regular
basis,
because
I
know
during
my
time
working
there,
our
farmers
communicate
very
well
and
when
they
hear
of
programs
being
there,
you
will
be
surprised
how
quickly
that
information
is
shared
within
that
circle.
So
I
know
just
I
could
go
into
our
local
restaurant
there,
where
I
live
at
any
typical
morning
from
six
to
7
30,
and
so
many
of
these
things
are
discussed
with
everyone.
So
there
are.
A
I
wish
there
are
ways,
and
I
think
we
can
put
this
information
out,
but
I
promise
you
that
it
is
discussed
across
the
board,
as
people
are
purchasing
and
or
just
congregating,
because
our
farmers
do
congregate
together.
G
I
may
just
add
in
on
on
that,
just
for
hey,
let's
get
the
s
j
here
on
public
record,
the
center
of
knowledge
there
in
in
christian
county
they're
speaking
up
but
representative
robert
to
follow
up
on
that
all
of
our
programs.
We
will
always
have
a
public
notice
section
with
with
advertisement
of
the
the
sign
up
period
and
the
deadline
that
would
be
available
in
multiple
sources,
usually
in
print
and
in
some
type
of
digital
media
as
well.
G
But
but
but
that's
a
very
valid
point
on
on
these,
is
we
know
that
there
are
ultimately
folks
that
aren't
aware
of
our
program?
We
I
run
into
this
constantly
when
I'm
on
the
road,
and
so
this
is
a
great
chance
for
for
me
to
ask
not
only
the
the
extension
partners
we
have,
but
our
our
oversight
and
other
members
of
the
general
assembly
to
do
these
type
outreach.
We
we,
we
are
an
application,
accepting
agency,
we
don't
have
a
marketing
arm.
G
We
do
believe
that
we've
picked
up
that
synergy
by
now
belonging
to
the
kentucky
department
of
agriculture
and
and
now
have
all
the
benefits
of
the
marketing
section.
From
from
the
kda,
so
we
anticipate
to
see
broader
exposure
of
our
programs
now
but
again,
no
matter
how
well
we
advertise
there
will
be
somebody
out
there
that
doesn't
know.
So
I
encourage
each
of
you
in
your
communities
that
have
something
that
you
think
would
be
a
great
fit.
G
B
Reed.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
brian
a
wonderful
job,
as
usual
professional
bill,
dr
dalton
park.
As
always,
quick
question.
We
get
some
popular
questions
back
home
just
like
to
keep
everybody
updated
ballpark.
If
you
can,
if
you
can
get
me
a
number
text
it
to
me
later
on,
where
on
the
meat
processing
plants,
how
many
do
we
have
with
this
program?
How
many
do
we
have
going
on
right
now.
F
F
I
guess
in
the
last
year
and
a
half
the
ag
development
board
is
approved,
awarded
over
6
million
dollars
in
in
30
processing
facilities
across
the
state.
So
I
think
our
last
calculation
we've
increa
increased
the
or
will
increase
the
harvest
capacity,
beef
equivalent
over
20
000
head
on
an
annual
basis
and
we're
still
talking
to
processors
that
are
that
are
booked
up
until
next
year.
G
The
talking
points
representative
reed,
if
you
want
the
way
I
look
at
it
from
the
30
000
foot
view
to
what
we've
done
in
kentucky
over
this
18
month
period
or
18
month
period.
We
we,
I
love
it,
it's
it's
literally
from
graves
to
greenup.
We
have
spread
across
kentucky
with
these
projects
and
of
that
six
million
that
have
been
invested,
increasing
capacity,
20
000
animal
units,
which
would
be
a
beef
equivalent
processed
and
of
that
six
million.
Two
million
of
that
came
from
the
federal
charisma.
A
Thank
you
bill
and
I'm
gonna
follow
along
the
line
of
something
representative
roberts
asked
you
sepp
I
want
to.
I
was
wanting
to
ask
about
the
youth
ag
incentive
program.
Okay,
can
you
give
me
some
examples
of
where
that
has
worked
of
how
we're
using
those
dollars.
A
The
reason
I
was
asking-
and
I
think
I've
mentioned
this
earlier-
I
have
two
young
ladies
there
in
my
home
community
of
pembroke
who
have
been
purchasing
animals
and
they
have
opened.
They
have
started
a
petting
zoo
that
they're
taking
across
the
community,
and
one
of
these
one
of
these
young,
ladies,
is
14
and
her
little
sister
is
12
and
they
have
come
with
this
idea
and
are
purchasing
livestock
and,
like
I
said,
I
would
like
to
share
that
with
them.
A
I
also
have
another
young
lady
who
is
very
heavily
involved
in
showing
horses.
I
noticed
her
mother
told
me
the
other
day,
senator
webb
you'll
appreciate
this.
She
has
started
a
business
purchasing
shirts
and
she
is
putting
the
western
wear
pattern
on
the
shirt
sewing
them
on,
and
this
young
lady
is
selling
these.
So
we've
got
some
bright,
bright,
bright
young
people
out
here
and
they're
very
intuitive
of
of
what
they're
doing
so.
A
Like
I
said,
I
want
to
share
that
information
with
both
of
those
and
let
our
young
people
know
that
there
these
programs
are
available,
which
we
did
come
back.
A
G
Chairman,
I
I
love
that
entrepreneurial
spirit
and
just
to
add
one
other
thing
on
the
youth
program
that
one
is
not
competitively
scored
it's
a
it's
prorated
based
on
the
the
applicants
that
are
are
participating
in
it
and
it's
on
a
county-by-county
basis.
So
this
would
be
a
decision
that
the
local
county
councils
would
decide
to
allocate
on
their
funds,
and
I
believe,
we've
had
about
about
about
a
third
of
the
the
the
counties
have
utilized
this
program.
I
Well,
I
was
just
going
to
say
you
know
you
can
I
I
had
an
animal
on
a
state
fair
this
year
and
show
my
young
lady
that
partners
in
that
and
I'm
all
you
got
to
do-
is
go
to
the
state
fair
and
see
the
caliber
of
the
young
people
that
that
are
there
and
fba
and
4-h,
and-
and
you
know
it's
so
important
to
development-
and
I
know
it
made
it.
I
You
know
it
made
a
big
impact
on
my
life,
so
I'm
going
to
preach
as
long
as
I
can,
but
I
want
to
go
back
to
the
horse
project
and
how
important
that
that
particular
initiative.
I
I
got
some
information
about
the
horse
cam
on
the
from
the
horse
council
on
that,
and
you
know
we
we
we're
used
to
doing
the
us,
d.a
farm
inventories
and-
and
then
we
have
other
equine
industry
impacts
that
we
use
from
time
to
time
when
we're
policy
making
in
regards
to
the
state
bottom
line
and
and
the
horse
industry-
and
I
think
this
this
was
this
definition
and
teasing
out.
I
These
components
are
going
to
be
beneficial
in
a
lot
of
ways
for
us
as
policy
makers
for
us
as
an
educational
tool
and
our
status
on
the
national
level
for
all
breeds
across
the
board
and
as
we
sit
here,
my
trainer
just
sent
me
a
a
picture
of
a
philly
I
bought
two
weeks
ago,
but
so
you
know,
and
the
keenland
sale
y'all
ought
to
go
to
keeneland
sale.
I
We
went
out
took
a
little
legislative
side
trip
yesterday
at
the
invite
of
keeneland
and
our
committees,
and-
and
you
can
just
see
the
the
wide
swath
of
individuals
that
that
it
takes
to
put
on
that
sale
representative.
We
had
a
representative
give
a
barn
to
her
that
he's
in
the
industry,
so
I
mean
we're
pretty
well
situated,
but
data
is
important.
I
So
I
think
I
applaud
the
inclusion
for
the
equine
industry
also
in
this
regard,
because
I
think
it's
gonna
reap
a
lot
of
benefit
and
we'll
get
a
big
return
on
that
investment.
It
might
be
hard
to
quantify,
but
but
it
will
be
there.
Thank
you.
A
Bill
and
brian,
thank
you
both
very
much
for
your
presentation
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
you
a
month
from
now
we'll
have
our
next
presenters
come
up,
we're
going
to
be
discussing
rural
mental
health
and
suicide
prevention
pilot
program.
But
before
you
introduce
yourselves
I'd
like
to
yield
to
representative
reid,
please.
B
Thank
you,
chairman
dawson.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity.
I
I
thank
you
for
your
vision
that
you
put
this
item
on
the
agenda
today.
It's
crucial
that
commonwealth
kentucky
understands
the
measures
that
we
are
taking
the
proactive
measures
that
we
are
taking
to
help
the
farmers
of
the
commonwealth
kentucky
in
several
areas.
You
know
the
tobacco
settlement.
B
Money
is
big
investments
for
the
commonwealth,
kentucky
over
the
past
20
plus
years,
helping
a
lot
of
families
diversify
their
farms
from
what
traditionally
they
were
doing
with
with
their
farm
farming
practices,
but
also
this
money
through
the
last
year
is,
is
also
obtainable
through
the
tobacco
fund,
money
to
us
to
save
lives
in
kentucky.
B
Mr
chairman,
and
that's
what
this
presentation
is
here
today
in
the
last
couple
of
budget
cycles,
commonwealth
kentucky,
the
citizens
of
kentucky
through
their
legislative
process,
was
able
to
secure
two
five
hundred
thousand
dollar
budget
appropriations
for
each
year
and
to
start
a
pilot
program.
This
pilot
program
has
has,
has
kicked
off,
really
well
got
a
lot
of
fine
people,
many
at
the
table
right
here.
B
They
will
introduce
themselves
here
in
a
minute
and
tell
what
this
program
is
already
doing
and
their
outlook
for
what
the
what
they
see
this
program
doing
and
the
lies
that
has
already
changed.
So,
mr
chairman,
without
further
ado
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
you
to
get
these
good
people
on
record
and
for
them
to
tell
what
what
this
money
and
how
how
this
investments
has
already
impacted
and
saved
lives
in
the
commonwealth.
Kentucky.
A
D
I'm
david
morris,
the
deputy
executive
director
of
marketing
for
the
kentucky
department
of
agriculture,
sure
how's
that
better
much
better
there
we
go
to
my
left
is
dr
cheryl
witt
she's
assistant
professor
for
the
university
of
louisville
school
of
nursing,
and
to
my
right
is
mr
dobson
he's
the
safety
administrator
for
the
kentucky
department
of
agriculture.
D
D
What
you
may
not
know
is
that
kda
has
recently
been
awarded
a
grant
for
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
uni
from
the
usda
that
will
be
used
to
supplement
the
projects
that
are
currently
underway
and
in
writing
the
grant
we
worked
closely
with
chfs
and
and
the
and
the
key
stakeholders
to
determine
what
where
we
were
going
and
what
we
needed
to
to
to
complement,
what's
currently
happening.
D
She'll,
take
you
through
the
presentation
and
then
mr
dobson
is
going
to
share
our
challenge
coin
initiative
that
we've
done
and
before
I
turn
it
over
to
to
dr
wood,
I'd
like
to
to
recognize
a
few
representatives
or
folks
that
have
worked
really
hard
on
this
project
that
deserve
recognition,
one's
brett,
whipple
or
beck
whipple.
Excuse
me
from
chfs
he's
been
the
leader
of
this.
This
cause
from
day
one
dr
susan
jones
from
wku
and
dr
joe
missouri.
D
J
C
J
Our
team
is
composed
of
interdisciplinary
persons
from
across
the
state
who
have
a
passion
and
a
mission
to
show
our
farmers
support
and
appreciation
for
what
they
do
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
Our
current
project
is
focused
on
the
reduction
of
stress,
depression
and
suicide
rates
among
our
farmers
and
farm
families.
J
J
We
have
some
key
players
who
represent
these
organizations
here
and
that
have
been
involved
with
this
mission
from
the
very
beginning,
their
contribution
has
been
enormous
and
invaluable,
and
dave
and
dale
from
kda
and
elizabeth
gordon
from
kda,
and
then
dr
joe
mazur,
from
the
southeast
center
for
agricultural,
health
and
injury
prevention,
and
then
dr
susan
jones,
from
western
kentucky
university,
school
of
nursing
and
allied
health,
and
then
mr
beck
whipple
from
the
kentucky
department
of
behavioral
health
and
intellectual
disabilities
they've
been
and
continue
to
play,
substantial
roles
in
the
success
of
our
efforts.
J
J
Qpr
question
persuade
and
refer
is
a
program.
That's
designed
for
community
members
to
be
become
more
comfortable
in
recognition
of
persons
in
crisis
and,
most
importantly,
to
be
able
to
have
help
them
to
be
able
to
have
that
difficult
conversation
with
the
person
regarding
their
suicidal
thoughts
and
to
help
them
get
their
appropriate
resources.
J
Excuse
me,
with
the
distribution
of
those
appropriation,
the
appropriation
funding.
We
wanted
to
be
very
strategic
on
in
our
efforts,
so
based
on
the
research
of
dr
susan
jones,
who's,
a
member
of
our
team.
She
had
conducted
focus
groups
with
farmers
across
the
state
and
so
based
on
that
research.
Our
areas
of
concentration
were
to
be
increase.
Awareness
of
the
issue
reduce
the
stigma
of
seeking
help
for
mental
health
by
and
by
normalizing
the
conversation
of
mental
health.
J
Our
formula
was
based
on
number
of
farms
in
a
county
number
of
farmers
in
a
county,
the
mortality
count
death
by
suicide
mortality
rate
per
hundred
thousand
persons,
morbidity,
count
of
suicide
attempts
and
the
morbidity
rate
per
hundred
thousand
and
the
formula
assigned
an
indicator
of
either
three
two
one
or
zero
meaning
no
indicators.
Those
with
three
indicators
are
ranked
higher
on
the
priority
list,
so
we
established
a
priority
list
of
top
56
counties
that
needed
that,
where
we
were
very
concerned
about.
J
At
the
end
of
the
appropriation
number
one
which
was
june,
30th
of
this
is
2021,
and
this
slide
is
just
represents
a
visual
of
what
we
had
accomplished.
We
did
increase
our
numbers
of
qpr
trainers
across
the
state.
We
developed
an
interactive
online
training,
module
for
healthcare
providers
and
paraprofessionals
about
preventing
farmer
suicide
through
cultural
respect,
understanding
sensitivity
and
humility.
J
J
In
addition
to
that,
we
had
amster
training,
which
is
a
suicide
intervention,
training
for
clinical
professionals.
It's
an
evidence-based
best
practice
training
and
it's
used
to
enhance
those
clinicians
ability
to
assess
suicide
risk
and
create
a
collaborative
safety
plan
for
that
person
and
to
ensure
that
individual
is
connected
to
protective
factors.
J
This
provides
us
with
current
data
to
aid
us
in
assessment,
planning
and
evaluation
of
our
efforts
and
because
of
the
relationships
that
we've
built
built
with
these
partners,
we've
been
able
to
clean
up
that
data
to
eliminate
like
reporting
errors,
errors
that
were
inadvertently
due
to
a
data,
entry
or
procedural
mistake,
and
that
results
in
more
accurate
information
for
our
statewide
database
and
kentucky
is
also
one
of
the
amongst
the
very
few
states
in
our
nation.
Utilizing
this
data
for
behavioral
health.
J
And
to
further
emphasize
our
increased
call
center
capacity,
the
solid
line
represents
the
eight
percent
increase
in
calls
from
january
2019
to
june
21,
which-
and
this
also
helped
us
during
that
isolation
period-
the
initial
covid
epidemic
and
then
the
dotted
line
represents
the
anticipated
call
volume
with
the
988
number,
which
is
a
three
digit
easy
to
remember.
Behavioral
health
crisis
line
that's
set
to
be
available
in
july
of
2022.
J
So
we've
moved
into
we're
currently
into
our
appropriation
number
two
appropriation.
Two
is
going
to
allow
us
to
expand
what
we
had
already
initiated
as
well
as
begin
new
projects
to
further
address
and
impact
the
problems
of
stress,
depression
and
suicide.
Among
our
farmers,
the
gray
represents
what
we
were
able
to
continue
or
expand.
J
The
darker
green
is
the
new
programs
or
projects,
so
some
of
the
newer
projects
are
being
able
to
support
local
farmers
in
developing
a
shareable
story
to
support
their
peers
in
overcoming
the
mental
health
impacts
that
can
result
from
the
cultural
context
of
farming
we've
been.
We
will
be
able
to
develop
a
web
page
for
health
and
safety,
information
and
resources
for
our
agricultural
community
and
further
prepare
the
expansion
of
our
call
center.
For
that
july.
Introduction
of
the
988
crisis
hotline.
J
J
J
E
I
thank
you
for
your
time
and
you
heard
her
talk
about
a
challenge
coin
initiative
and
I
brought
some
coins
today
and
with
the
help
of
mr
reed
I'll,
give
you
one
if
you
want
it,
but
let
me
tell
you
how
we
come
up
with
this
idea.
First,
this
makes
32
years
I've
been
teaching
farm
safety
and
rescue
trying
to
give
farmers
a
choice,
either
learn
to
practice
safety
or
my
rescuers
are
going
to
come
and
learn
how
to
cut
you
out.
E
Just
this
past
weekend,
our
team
spent
the
weekend
over
here
in
the
mountains
of
pikeville
doing
large
animal
rescue
and
atv
rescue
and
stuff,
but
I
get
a
lot
of
my
ideals
nowadays
from
a
group
of
young
people.
I
work
closely
with
an
outfit
called
dixie,
firefighters,
association
and
people.
Ask
me
all
the
time.
Why
does
firefighters
put
so
much
emphasis
in
farm
safety?
Well,
most
of
us
are
farmers
and
that's
where
you
real
firefighters,
a
lot
of
them
come
from,
but
we're
the
ones
that
clean
it
up.
E
E
We
meet
eight
or
nine
times
a
year,
and
this
is
where
my
new
ideals
come
from.
Mr
reed
has
sit
with
us
in
these
meetings
and
dixie
we
buy
the
kids
supper
and
I
have
a
co-chair
from
root
county,
a
co-chair
from
hardin
county
and
we
sit
there
and
discuss
what
kind
of
safety
project
we
want
to
do
this
year.
Then
we'll
have
a
symposium
in
march
and
we
pass
out
some
scholarships
and
the
local
farm
bureaus
and
southeast
center
and
different
ones
helped
me
have
money
to
do
little
scholarships.
E
Well.
Over
the
past
few
years,
suicide
has
come
to
our
attention
and-
and
it's
gotten
serious
enough-
even
young
people
talk
about
it
and
we've
had
some
one.
Little
girl
named
sydney
pepper.
She
wrote
a
letter
from
a
farmer's
daughter
to
her
daddy
and
when
he
heard
her
read
it,
I
had
to
explain
to
him.
She
didn't
write
it
about
him
from
a
farmer's
daughter
to
a
daddy.
E
But
to
summarize
it
she
said
that
if
you
kill
yourself
to
save
the
farm,
I
can't
be
part
of
the
farm,
so
it
makes
you
think
on
that
part.
Well,
we
come
up
with
this
ideal
one
to
get
my
coin
today.
You
would
have
to
shake
my
hand
on
that
part
there,
because
we
know,
as
farmers
there's
value
in
a
handshake.
Okay
on
that
part
there
we
don't
lay
the
coins
on
the
table.
We
don't
pass
them
out
easy.
E
You
know
we
shake
hands
to
get
it
and
there's
a
little
pledge
I'll
talk
to
you
and
me,
and
mr
reed
we're
gonna.
Do
it
one
by
one
on
that
part
there.
If
you
want
one
we'll
do
it
and
on
the
words
on
the
back
of
the
coins,
as
you
are
appreciated-
and
that
comes
the
kids,
emotions
come
to
play
and
farmers
don't
feel
appreciated
some
a
lot
of
people,
don't
so
simple
words,
you
appreciate
it
and
I
have
some
coins.
Mr
e,
where
are
you
at.
B
E
E
You
take
my
coin.
You
would
take
my
challenge.
You
would
give
me
your
word
if
you
ever
feel
down
out
launchment
blue
you'll
find
a
friend
you'll
call.
Somebody
call
me
call
the
number
on
the
back
on
that
part.
This
is
your
coin.
To
keep
but
not
to
take
to
your
grieve.
Worst
comes
the
worst.
You
find
somebody
shake
their
hand
and
pass
it
on
you
give
me
your
word.
I
give
you
my
coin.
E
B
E
E
E
It
can
open
the
door
and
these
young
people
are
going
to
be
traveling
around
this
year
and
they're
going
to
be
shaking
hands
and
they're
going
to
come
back
and
write
a
story
about
how
it
was
to
shake
a
farmer's
hand,
tell
him
he
was
appreciated,
we're
going
to
have
some
little
scholarships
for
him
on
that
part,
mr
pratt,
would
you
like
to
have
my
coin?
Yes,
sir,
shake
my
hand.
Yes,
mr
pratt,
you
take
my
coin.
You
take
my
challenge.
You
give
me
your
word.
E
B
E
E
E
E
Hurt
well,
suicide
would
never
be
part
of
my
job.
I
like
safety,
but
suicide's
become
part
of
it.
30
years
ago
I
found
my
best
friend.
Dead,
shot
himself
had
to
help
bury
him,
and-
and
I
can't
get
past
all
that
some
days
and
it
comes
back
and
I
helped
his
wife
take
everything
he
ever
collected
and
put
in
a
yard
and
salt,
so
it
affects
all
of
us.
We
was
talking
to
a
farmer
that
they
mean
sheryl
and
he
held
my
hand,
and
he
said
I
can
use
his
name.
E
And
anyhow,
he
shut
my
hand
and
he
held
it.
He
says:
have
you
ever
been
personally
involved
in
suicide?
And
I
said
yes,
I've
known
this
brother
for
30
years.
He
said
well
about
35
years
ago
my
wife
stood
in
the
kitchen
and
shot
herself
and
my
eight-year-old
son
seen
it.
You
know
what
happened.
You
want
my
coin.
E
Representative
dawson,
am
I
saying
it
right?
Okay,
my
english
is
different.
Representative
dawson,
you
take
my
coin.
You
take
my
challenge.
You
give
me
your
word
that
if
you
feel
down
that
launcher
in
blue
you'll
find
somebody
and
talk
to
them
call
number
one
back.
Call
me
I'll.
Give
you
my
personal
cell
number
on
that
part.
There's
many
of
us
and
what's
neat
is
three
years
ago
we
started
these
conversations
and
now
we're
going
full
speed
and
we're
changing
things
on
that
part.
But
you
take
my
coin.
You
take
my
challenge.
A
Absolutely
I
appreciate
you
appreciate
it.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
doing
this
because
I
know
of
two
families.
Both
farmers
live
miles
apart,
but
I
know
of
a
similar
situation
that
you
just
said
where
one
gentleman
this
would
have
been
a
close
friend
of
my
dad's,
probably
50
years
ago.
A
E
And
that's
what
it's
all
about
just
talk
to.
Somebody
just
ask
a
question,
or
you
have
no
thoughts
and
stuff,
and
this
right
here
is
the
icebreaker
and
and,
like
I
said
talking
with
these
young
people
sitting
here
in
the
room
we
eating
supper.
We
have
a
good
time
together,
whatever
they
need.
Dixie
firefighters
help
me
fund
it.
Okay
and
we're
sitting
there
talking
how
we
do
it
and
we
got
talking
about
you,
know
our
grandparents
and
our
kids.
E
D
D
E
B
E
Jacob
right,
yes,
sir,
mr
jacob,
you
gotta
shake
my
hand,
you
take
my
coin.
You
take
my
challenge,
you
give
me
your
word
if
you're
having
a
bad
day
or
bad
thoughts,
I'm
not
saying
anybody's
suicidal,
but
we
all
have
bad
times
in
life
and
if
something
bad
ever
crosses
your
mind,
you
find
somebody
and
talk
to
them
share
with
a
friend
you're
going
to
keep,
but
not
take
your
grade.
You
give
me
your
word
I'll,
give
you
my
conan,
sir.
Thank
you
appreciate.
You
see
you,
man.
E
Future
for
a
young
ffa
league
me
and
this
young
lady
started
a
pep
rally
for
life
two
years
ago
and
covert
cancelled.
It
we're
going
to
do
it
this
year
and
covet
canceled
it
and
now
we're
planning
for
next
year
and
see
that
part
young
lady
help
me
with
the
first
name:
madison
miss
madison.
You
want
my
cohen.
Yes,
I
do
yeah.
E
Madison
you
take
my
coin,
you
give
me
your
word.
You
fill
down
that
long-term
blue
you'll
find
a
friend,
you'll
call
them
you'll
share
on
that
you're
going
to
keep
not
take
the
grave.
We
all
have
good
days
bad
days.
Boyfriends
things
go
wrong.
Life
is
that
no
okay,
but
you
know
what
tomorrow's
another
day,
sometimes
you
just
gotta,
have
faith
to
get
there
me
and
representative
reeds
have
many
conversations
about
many
different
things
in
life.
On
that
part,
it's
not
your
coin.
E
E
Representative,
robin
webb,
I
thank
a
lot
of
this
lady
we've
known
each
other
many
years,
she's
been
a
supporter
from
the
first
day
she
met
me.
She's
got
horses
and
some
of
her
family
and
some
of
my
best
friends
that
we
travel
and
teach
together
she
suffered
loss
and
I've
suffered
loss.
We
know
that.
Okay,
I
need
your
sweetheart.
E
E
I
I
just
want
to
thank
brandon.
I
know
his
heart
and
soul's
been
in
this
initiative,
and
this
guy
here
can't
stand
up
about
him.
He
not
only
talks
to
talk,
he
walks
the
walk
every
day
and
what
he's
meant
to
my
niece
was
tragically
lost
and
in
a
car
accident
and
what
he's
meant
to
our
family.
It
means
a
lot
to
me.
I
He's
always
meant
a
lot
to
me
and
and
saving
the
lives
of
my
people
and
coming
doing
demonstrations
and
whatnot,
but
you
know
the
lord's
working
today,
brandon
and
anne
in
this,
and
I
I've
got
somebody.
I
need
to
give
this
to
right.
Now.
That's
struggling
an
agriculture
community.
So
I'm
glad
somebody.
B
E
E
E
H
First,
I
just
would
like
to
thank
chair
dodson,
chair
embry,
for
bringing
this
and
representative
reed.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
know
you
and
I
share
a
passion
for
mental
health
care
throughout
the
state
and
expanding
access.
So
thank
you
for
this
to
the
panel.
I
have
a
couple
follow-up
questions.
J
J
J
We
in
future
planning
with
the
state
suicide
group
that
I'm
on
part
of
is
how
can
we
get
more
practitioners
or
intrigue
them
to
go
out
into
our
practice
in
our
communities
and
you
that's
a
problem
in
all
rural
communities
across
the
nation.
So
what
what
can
we
do
to
to
recruit
those
folks
to
stay?
In
the
in
a
community
and
practice,
either
mental
or
physical
health,
and
there
was
one
more
and
I
forgot
what
it
was.
J
Marketing
we
we
have
found,
because
I
have
no
experience
in
that
area-
that
the
cost
of
that
are
is
tremendous,
and
we
we've
been
fortunate
enough
to
work
with
some
companies
that
have
been
able
to
work
within
our
constraints.
If
you
will,
but
in
order
to
be
more
effective
in
getting
the
message
out
where
it
needs
to
be,
we
would
need
a
much
larger
marketing
budget
and
then
can.
D
D
Plus
in
any
marketing
campaign,
when
it's
over
it
kind
of
dies
and
the
people
forget
about
it,
so
just
the
the
ability
to
maintain
it
and
continue
it.
Certainly
it
wouldn't
be
as
as
expensive
as
starting.
You
know,
startup,
but
but
to
maintain
awareness
year
after
year
after
year,
you
have
to
continue
to
put
it
out
there,
so
people
can
see
it
so.
H
And
then,
just
just
for
my
colleagues
as
we
talk
about
suicide
throughout
the
state
words
really
really
matter,
and
it's
important
to
families
who
have
suffered
these
kinds
of
losses
that
we
change
our
vernacular.
And
then,
when
we
talk
about
someone
dying,
we
say
that
they
died
by
suicide,
which
is
a
much
gentler
way.
If
we
someone
dies
from
a
health
care
issue,
we
don't
say
that
they
committed
cancer.
J
And
that's
I'm
glad
you
said
that,
because
part
of
our
direction
our
mission
is
to-
and
it
is
to
be
very
careful
with
our
words
and
talk
it
from
a
more
of
a
wellness
sense.
If
we
can
keep
our
farmers
healthy,
physically
and
mentally,
then
the
two
go
hand
in
hand,
and
so
let's
prevent
them
from
getting
to
a
point,
and
so
we
talk,
we
promote
wellness
versus
oh
we're
going
to
treat
the
mental
illness
of
farmers.
Well,
that's
not
going
to
go
that's
so
we
do.
We
try
to
choose
our
words
carefully.
C
C
May
we
go
back
to
the
slide
that
had
the
counties
listed,
have
a
couple
of
questions
while
you're
pulling
that
back
up.
The
55th
district
is
three
counties:
jasmine
mercer
in
washington
and
unfortunately
I
see
two
of
the
three
counties
listed
on
on
this
chart.
So
can
you
help
me
get
a
little
bit
more
insight?
It
looks
like
the
shaded
green.
There
are
three
and
two
indicators
at
the
bottom,
but.
C
J
That's
okay
and
I'm
glad
you
asked
what
we've
we
founded
some.
Can
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that,
because
of
our
limited
funding,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
knew
which
counties,
because,
even
though
this
is
a
statewide
campaign,
we
wanted
to
be
able
to
pinpoint
which
counties
that
were
high
priority
now
mercer
county
has
always
had
a
high
level
of
suicide,
alcoholism
and
drug
abuse,
which
all
of
that
goes
hand
in
hand,
but
based
on
the
concentration
of
farmers
and
farms
and
formula
developed
by
the
statisticians.
J
They
took
all
of
those
factors:
death
by
suicide
suicide
attempts
and
came
up
with
the
formula
that
gave
each
person
so,
for
example,
if
the
count
of
suicide
temps
was
higher
in
mercer
county,
that
that
was
an
indicator
to
them,
and
so,
if
they
had
more
deaths
by
suicide,
that
was
an
indicator
for
them.
So
that
added
up,
but
if
jefferson
count
so
to
be
able
to
compare
equally
the
county,
so
jefferson
county.
J
C
J
On
the
back
of
dale's
coins
what'd,
you
do
we
have
currently
we
have
a
you
know
like
a
1,
800,
etc,
etc,
etc.
You
know,
someone's
in
a
crisis,
they're
already
overwhelmed
they're,
not
thinking
clearly
and
so
to
be
able
to
locate
that
number
remember.
That
number
is
I'm.
You
know,
I'm
glad
we
have
a
hotline.
However,
we
haven't
actually
been
putting
it
on
too
many
items,
but
that
number
the
current
number
is
1.
J
800,
273,
talk,
t-a-l-k
and
but
what's
gonna
happen
is
of
course
the
98
number
will
be
so
much
easier
to
remember.
C
J
I
I
have
a
request.
Senator
parrot,
who
has
joined
us
from
his
district
office
would
also
like
to
take
the
pledge
and
have
a
coindale
at
your
convenience.
Sometimes.
A
A
That
may
be
the
reason
that
they
would
suicide
would
come
into
their
mind,
but
it's
all
the
things
that
go
with
life,
so
many
of
those
in
our
rural
areas.
They
take
the
task
on
of
senior
care
for
their
parents
and
how
hard
that
struggle
is
life
in
general.
A
So
many
things
come
into
come
into
play
that
we
don't
have
any
idea.
You
you
you
get
to
a
situation
where
you
think
all
hope
is
gone,
but
just
having
that
conversation,
I
have
a
strong
belief
in
my
heart.
It's
the
reason
I
try
to
say
a
prayer
a
couple
of
times
a
day.
A
I
I
I
have
to
get
I
just
to
get
things
off
out
of
out
of
myself
and
to
share
with
and
a
lot
of
times
we
don't
feel
comfortable
speaking
to
another
person,
but
I
appreciate
the
coin
because,
as
you
said,
when
we
see
someone
that
is
struggling,
we
need
to
ask
them
that
question.
How
do
you
feel?
Could
you
want
to
share
what
you're
having
to
deal
with
so
but,
like
I
said
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
J
And
I
think
too,
in
the
meantime,
not
wait
till
someone
is
in
that
state
of
mind,
but
if
you
can
just
text
dale
does
it
to
me.
You
had
a
good
day.
You
know
don't
wait
to
that
point
text.
Your
friend
give
them
a
call,
stop
by
just
say
hello:
it
takes
less
some
texas
take
less
than
a
minute.
You
know
to
let
that
person
know
that
somebody
out
there
is
thinking
about
them.
So.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
thank
you,
and
next
we
have
something
special
we're
going
to
have
a
young
lady
come
up,
and
I'm
going
to
yield
this
to
representative
bree
because
of
his
serving
in
the
future
farmers
of
america.
A
He
made
it
a
little
further
than
I
did
when
I
was
in
high
school
serving
in
the
ffa,
but
have
madison
playing.
Please
come
forward.
B
A
B
Representative
reed,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Thank
you.
Dale
dobson
dave,
dr
cheryl
witt.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
here
today
and
shining
light
on
this
on
this
critical
issue.
As
madison
comes
forward,
I'm
sure
she
will
introduce
herself,
but
madison
represents
us
at
the
national
ffa
convention.
She
is
the
this
year's
state
ffa
prepared
public
speaking
winner.
B
K
Like
mr
brandon
reed
said,
my
name
is
madison
plank
and
I'm
from
nicholas
county,
and
I
am
currently
a
freshman
at
the
university
of
kentucky,
and
I
have
competed
with
this
speech
for
the
past
two
years.
So
it's
something
that
I
hold
near
and
dear
to
my
heart.
My
father
is
actually
an
agriculturist
that
was
recently
about
two
years
ago,
actually
diagnosed
with
severe
depression
and
anxiety.
K
There
was
a
farmer
in
our
in
my
community
that
actually
took
his
life
by
suicide
in
the
barn
that
I
used
to
have
horse
riding
lessons
in
and
coming
from
a
small
community
that
took
a
really
big
toll,
and
so
it's
always
been
in
the
back
of
my
mind
that
I
wanted
to
do
something
about
it
and
then,
whenever
it
affected
my
own
father,
I
was
like
okay,
it's
time,
but
without
further
ado
I'll
go
ahead
and
give
my
speech.
K
K
K
It's
time
that
we
do
more
about
this
issue
as
fellow
agriculturists
and
advocates
for
those
within
this
industry
today,
I
want
to
shed
light
on
three
ways.
I
believe
we
can
help
our
struggling
agriculturists,
one
programs
that
can
be
implemented
to
assist
our
agriculturalists,
two
preparing
our
youth
for
their
future
in
this
industry
and
three
sparking
positive
change
and
taking
action
within
the
agriculture
industry.
K
First
of
all,
we
need
to
continue
to
advocate,
to
establish
programs
that
could
be
implemented
to
assist
our
agriculturists
suicide.
Among
farmers
is
one
and
a
half
times
higher
than
the
national
average.
According
to
the
center
for
disease
control,
this
career
can
be
both
amazing
and
challenging.
At
the
same
time,
every
year,
farmers
plant
crops
and
raise
livestock
without
knowing
what
that
year
will
bring
or
the
risk
they
will
have
to
take.
K
This
brings
risk
to
the
most
important
things
of
all
their
livelihood
and
mental
health,
the
unpredictable
weather
fluctuating
markets
and
unexpected
costs
just
add
to
the
existing
stress
of
farming.
Combine
all
this
with
long
days,
late
nights
and
the
lack
of
sleep,
the
agriculturists
experience,
and
it's
no
surprise
that
farmers
can
feel
restless
stressed
and
even
hopeless.
At
times,
several
states
such
as
minnesota
and
new
york
have
taken
strides
in
establishing
programs
like
helplines
that
that
specifically
assist
farmers.
K
For
example,
the
minnesota
farm
and
rural
helpline
reminds
farmers,
farm
families
and
community
partners
that
they
can
call
with
any
kind
of
question.
Not
just
crisis
questions
this
helpline,
just
as
many
others,
can
be
used
for
anything
such
as
just
calling
to
vent,
offering
financial
advice
or
to
even
assisting
with
suicidal
thoughts.
K
These
helplines
help
strengthen
and
maintain
the
overall
mental
health
of
all
farmers,
not
just
ones
that
may
be
experiencing
suicidal
thoughts
with.
That
being
said,
we
need
to
advocate
for
change
with
an
organization
such
as
the
american
farm
bureau
federation
and
the
united
states
department
of
agriculture
to
encourage
them
to
establish
programs
that
will
allow
us
to
be
there.
The
second,
a
struggling
agriculturist
may
need
us
next.
We
need
to
continue
to
prepare
our
youth
for
their
future
as
agriculturists.
K
K
Many
young
agriculturists
struggle
to
start
up
their
own
farms
because
of
the
price
of
land,
so
many
of
them
turn
to
applying
for
loans.
Affordable
land
is
hard
to
come
by,
especially
for
those
who
are
new
to
agriculture
and
lack
the
resources
and
institutional
knowledge
than
those
who
grew
up
on
family
farms
that
they
may
inherit.
K
K
K
Mental
health
in
rural
america
should
be
made
top
priority
by
our
congress,
men
and
women.
Thankfully,
congress
decided
to
do
just
that.
A
bipartisan
bill
named
seating
rule
resilience,
act,
has
been
considered
and
passed.
This
act
will
ensure
that
farmers,
no
matter
where
they
are,
will
have
better
access
to
mental
health
care.
K
Days
later,
jenny
would
find
herself
talking
about
her
husband
in
past
tense,
a
man
who,
once
kept
his
family's
world,
spinning
succumbed
to
this
illness
in
true
former
fashion.
He
was
a
steward
of
the
land
and
everything
that
he
did.
He
planted
a
seed
in
hopes
that
it
would
sprout
and
give
back
to
the
land
that
he
so
desperately
loved.
I
What
are
your
plans
for
after
you
graduate
at
uk.