1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Facilitating Accessible Resources for Mental health and Encouraging Rural Solutions For Immediate Response to Stressful Times Act or the FARMERS FIRST Act . 2. Farm and ranch stress assistance networks (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) agricultural work continues to be— (A) highly stressful; (B) characterized by uncertainty; and (C) subject to— (i) changing market conditions; (ii) the unpredictable nature of weather; and (iii) other factors beyond the control of agricultural producers; (2) individuals working in agriculture have the highest overall suicide rate among all occupations; (3) access to behavioral health care is often limited among individuals working in agriculture due to time and geographical constraints; and (4) agricultural workers are in need of specialized behavioral health programs that are— (A) affordable; (B) available as needed; and (C) carried out with understanding of concerns specific to agricultural work. (b) Farm and ranch stress assistance The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after subtitle I ( 7 U.S.C. 3291 et seq.) the following: J Farm and ranch stress assistance 1460. Definitions In this subtitle: (1) Affected individual The term affected individual means any individual engaged, as determined by the Secretary, in— (A) farming; (B) ranching