International Year of the Women Farmer gets well-deserved notice throughout the ag industry, Sara Wyant writes in a column.

Wearing a felt hat and canvas overalls, Annie Krahl lifted the fabric covering a row of vegetables a few yards at a time. She ...

The International Year of the Woman Farmer is here to recognize the women who power American agriculture and agribusiness.

From speaking with many women growers, Audra Mulkern noticed something interesting about how they feel about the term “female farmer.” “Some women felt very strongly that they are the farmers — and ...

Female enrollment in WVU Parkersburg’s agribusiness program has grown from two students to more than a dozen over the past ...

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. - Though, in the US, farming is a male-dominated field, there are organizations that aim to bring more people with limited resources--especially rural minority women-- into the fold.

MILWAUKEE - Females are fast becoming the future of farming. In fact, a recent census by the USDA Census of Agriculture showed that 35% of farmers in the U.S. are women. Seven people will get ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – The face of farming is changing as females break barriers in the agriculture industry. Local farmers who bank on urban, sustainable growing techniques are becoming more ...

According to the USDA’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, 36% of U.S. farmers are female. The first farm meetings Elizabeth Ryan attended included a few hundred men and six or seven women. en The farmer ...

Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC’s “American Crime” took a different tack. It opened on a tomato farm in North Carolina, where it showed a young woman being ...

The United Nations has declared 2026 the International Year of the Woman Farmer. Watch how women are impacting agriculture in ...

Farming equipment is traditionally designed to be used by men. That presents a problem for the increasing number of women across the country who are entering the agriculture workforce. Men have long ...