Farming is a hard life. There are a lot of sources of stress:
Time - If something needs to be harvested immediately, it's not uncommon to work through the nights using the lights on the equipment. There's no such thing as set hours. You're constantly on the job.
Finances - Equipment is incredible expensive and is financed via debt but margins are low. You can end up just trying to pay off the loans. That's not even mentioning the land requirements (either owned or leased).
Uncertainty - You can't control the weather. You can't control the price of corn or soybeans. Equipment breaks down. These issues can easily snowball into affecting entire operations.
Time - If something needs to be harvested immediately, it's not uncommon to work through the nights using the lights on the equipment. There's no such thing as set hours. You're constantly on the job.
Finances - Equipment is incredible expensive and is financed via debt but margins are low. You can end up just trying to pay off the loans. That's not even mentioning the land requirements (either owned or leased).
Uncertainty - You can't control the weather. You can't control the price of corn or soybeans. Equipment breaks down. These issues can easily snowball into affecting entire operations.