Rural Route 2 is a coordinated interdisciplinary program effort by University of Illinois Extension in response to financial pressures and stresses confronting the Agricultural Industry.

Rural Route 2 provides confidential referrals to farm families in Illinois at
1-800-468-1834. Rural Route 2 may also be reached by e-mail at ruralroute2@mail.aces.uiuc.edu .

Hotline numbers in other states: *

-- Nationwide: Rural Restoration 1-800-472-4674
-- Farm Disaster HelpLine 1-888-800-0118
-- Idaho: State Department of Agriculture 1-877-862-5870
-- Illinois: Farm Resource Center 1-800-851-4719
-- Iowa: Rural Concern 1-800-477-1985
-- Iowa: Mediation Service 1-515-223-2318
-- Kansas: Ag Mediation Services 1-800-321-3276
-- Missouri: Farm First 1-877-363-3659
-- Missouri: Rural Crisis Center 1-573-449-1336
-- Massachusetts: Farm Net 1-800-327-6002
-- Minnesota: Farm Advocate Program 1-651-296-1484
-- Minnesota: Department of Agriculture 1-800-967-2474
-- Minnesota: First Call 1-800-543-7709
-- Nebraska: Farm/Rural Response Hotline 1-800-464-0258
-- Nebraska: Farm Mediation Service 1-800-446-4071
-- New York: FarmNet / AgRESOLVE 1-800-547-3276
-- New Jersey 1-877-788-7785
-- North Carolina: Land Loss Prevention Project 1-919-682-5969
-- North Dakota: Agricultural Mediation Services 1-800-642-4752
-- North Dakota: Mental Health Helpline 1-800-472-2911
-- Oklahoma: Agricultural Mediation Program 1-800-248-5465
-- Oklahoma: IFMAPS 1-800-522-3755
-- Pennsylvania: Farm Resource Center 1-800-851-4719
-- Rural Response Line: Minnesota 1-800-555-6466
-- South Dakota: Agricultural Finance Counseling 1-800-228-5254
-- South Dakota: Farm Crisis Hotline 1-800-691-4336
-- West Virginia: Farm Resource Center 1-800-851-4719
-- Wisconsin Farm Assistance Hotline 1-800-942-2474

* Note: If you know of a hotline number that is not listed here, please e-mail Rural Route 2 .

 



 

 

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