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Tammy Baldwin: “Too many [farmers] face losing the family farm.”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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INTERVIEW: Senator Tammy Baldwin on the Farmers First Act of 2023

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

They work so hard, especially in dairy, and I'm biased from Wisconsin, but dairy farmers work harder than anyone I know. And yet the headwinds they face have made it hard for them to get ahead. And Too many [farmers] face losing the family farm. That causes stress, anxiety, and it's an isolating occupation. And so we know we need to do more to, to reach farmers and farm workers who are experiencing isolation, depression, financial anxiety. (01:13–01:17)

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Asserts that many farmers are at risk of losing their family farms.

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