Women in Ag

Tuesday, we told you that Oregon is #4 in the nation when it comes to female farmers.  When it comes to nationwide, women are taking more and more of a leadership role.   "For the 2017 Census we redesigned our census form in an effort to better represent all people involved in U.S. Farmin...

The American Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Program has launched “Women in Ag,” an Online Survey that aims to gauge the goals, aspirations, achievements and needs of women in American agriculture in a variety of areas.   All women who are farmers, ranchers, farm employees, employed in agricultural businesses, pursuing ag-related higher education or supportive of agriculture in other ways are invit

In an effort to support women in agriculture, the Washington state Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Department of Agriculture are partnering up with the National Association of state Departments of Agriculture for the Women in Farm to Food Business Competition...

Women in agriculture around the world, whether in developing or developed countries, say widespread gender discrimination persists and poses obstacles to their ability to help feed the world.  A new study from Corteva Agriscience studied 17 nations to underscore the importance of women in agriculture and to identify barriers to their full and successful participation.  The stu...

The Women in Agribusiness Summit is seeking award nominations for the Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award of Excellence. Now in its fifth year, the award is bestowed upon “some of the most innovative, action-oriented movers and shakers in the agribusiness sector.” Nom...

March is National Women’s Month and March 8th is International Women’s Day, but the number of women who are farm operators is declining.   That hasn’t discouraged University of Missouri student Nora Faris because she sees some positive indications.   “Maybe not so much...

The USDA has wrapped up their trade mission to China and Hong Kong that included extensive dialogue on women in agriculture.   USDA Under Secretary Alexis Taylor said both the U.S. and China have similar issues and goals.   “One big part of it is who are our next generation of leaders and how are we mentoring them to ensure that we have women making decisions and really being those policy makers.”

The USDA is partnering with the Washington State Department of Agriculture and six other state departments of ag and 23 agribusiness on a trip to expand the women in ag initiative in China.   The trip starts Wednesday, September 7th and runs through the 15th with stops in Hong Kong and Shanghai.  ...

The USDA launched its Women in Ag Initiative as a way to highlight the role that women play in the agriculture industry.  And that effort continues this fall.  The goal is to encourage more women to step up into leadership roles within the industry and inspire the next generation of women to do the same thing.  A Women...

March is Women’s History Month, a good time to highlight the growing role women have in the agriculture industry.  Isabelle Chism says says not only are more women involved in the industry, but they are in higher profile positions.   “...