Minnesota farmer opens up about depression to encourage others

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a Minnesota farmer hopes his battle with depression can be an encouragement to others.

Bob Worth grows corn and soybeans in Lincoln County and says during the farm crisis in the 1980’s land and machinery values dropped as interest rates rose above 20 percent, and at one point he had to beg his lender to finance a crop.

“It got to the point where I didn’t even want to get out of bed in the morning.

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