I don't buy any of it either.
The news media lie alot and they love to inflate numbers.
Suicide is one of their favorite things.

But just suppose they have a few facts almost close..

I had a farmer for a neighbor back in the day. Once we had a talk. In the course of the conversation I learned that government subsidies are where he made his profit. Otherwise he was loosing money.

As with most things then, the root of the problem is government.