Ag Women to Share Their Story in St. Paul

It is Women in Agriculture Day today at the Minnesota Legislature. Faribault farmer Gail Donkers is one of four women who will testify before the Senate Agriculture Committee this afternoon. “I think we’re in for some very tough times ahead in Rural America and I think that mental health is going to be a very key point going forward.” Donkers will be asking for more state resources for mental health support for farmers. “We know right off the bat we’re going into a deficit year where we are going to plant crops, put in the time with all the labor and inputs and we are not going to get much money back out of that crop,” said Donkers. “That’s a tough pill to take; we don’t need a repeat of what happened in the 1980s.”