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#AgTwitter Gives Farmers And Ranchers A Handle To Fight Isolation

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Farming can be a difficult profession — it's vulnerable to the weather, fluctuating crop prices and trade wars. There are high rates of depression and suicide among American farmers and ranchers. But now there's a place they can go for support: the hashtag #AgTwitter. Maggie Mullen (@maggiemlln) of Wyoming Public Radio reports.

This story comes via the Mountain West News Bureau.

This segment aired on December 31, 2018.

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