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'Better access': Bipartisan Senate push to fund farmers suicide prevention fund gains steam

A bipartisan Senate duo want to ensure that a suicide prevention and mental health resource for farmers stays funded.Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, have joined forces to introduce legislation that would see millions in new funding for the Farm and Ranch Assistance Network, a program the pair first collaborated on in the 2018 Farm Bill.The program is designed to help create a network for farmers, ranchers and other agriculture workers to have access to stress assistance and mental health programs. There are four regional hubs in Washington, New York, Illinois and Tennessee

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