Farmers, drought and depression
According to Texas A&M University, drought cost Texas $7.6 billion in agricultural losses in 2011. The state lost $4.4 billion in crops—corn, cotton, wheat, hay—and $3.2 billion in livestock. Texas also sustained $669 million in timber losses. A Purdue University study on agriculture, drought and depression shows farmers experience emotional travails extending beyond financial losses.
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