# @txextension on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CjD7SrYsVNL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65666562-txextension-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/49a6b3eb56.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-09-28T19:00:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (@txextension) — https://gondola.cc/txextension

## Caption

AgriLife Extension had the honor of partnering up with the Southwest Ag Center for #SuicidePreventionAwarenessMonth to share the challenges related to a life in agriculture and to increase awareness of mental health challenges within the agricultural community.
Through the eyes of a farmer touched by such tragedy, this story shares how farm families may protect their legacies through health and safety.Research has found that those working in agriculture experience higher rates of depression, substance use and completed suicide compared to those working in other occupations, and according to the CDC, farmer suicide has increased 40% in the last two decades. Read more at the link in bio. ☝️#SpeakUpShareHope

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## Tags

suicidepreventionawarenessmonth, speakupsharehope

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