High input costs and low commodity prices are putting the pinch on some producers as farmers head into the offseason.

Doug Gucker is an agronomist and small farms educator at the University of Illinois Extension in DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Counties and says those variables can get farmers down but he is encouraging anyone struggling to keep in mind, there is help available.

Grain farmers are feeling the pinch almost across the board as Gucker describes. He points out even with cash rents dropping, soybean prices are below the cost of production.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 800-273-TALK (8255). The Crisis Text Line is 'TALK' to 741-741.

The Illinois Farm Bureau also has a page dedicated to resources for farmers at ilfb.org/resources/farmer-rural-resources, then click on 'Mental Health and Wellness'.

Roughly 25 percent of farmers worldwide struggle with mental health and as of 2020, agriculture saw the highest suicide rate of any industry in America.