The New Year is a time for new beginnings, when we resolve to do better, try harder and make more of a difference in the lives of people around us. It’s a chance to renew the commitments we’ve made to help our neighbors and make our communities stronger.

This resolve is what led the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and National Farmers Union (NFU) to team up to increase awareness of a heartbreaking crisis in our nation’s rural communities — opioid abuse. According to a new survey we jointly commissioned with the firm Morning...