When Dallas Foster’s farming career began to crumble, his stress levels skyrocketed. It always had been his dream to farm. Alongside his wife, Foster raised sows in Greenfield starting in 2006. Due to the changes in the livestock industry, he closed up shop in December 2018. Foster bravely shared his story at the AgrIInstitute Rural Mental Health Symposium. “Moving into 2017, I was having a bad year,” he said. “I struggled with living two lives. With hosting farm bill sessions while, at the same time, I was getting the first major late notice from the bank.”
