According to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, there are 1.2 million female producers – accounting for 36% of total producers. Here’s how four of them are crushing stereotypes and sharing life on the ...

Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

The United Nations is recognizing 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer, aiming to spotlight the contributions of women in agriculture and agribusiness. The American Farm Bureau ...

In February, Rebekah Alstede Modery and Sarah Alstede joined Kurt Alstede and Mary Thompson-Alstede as co-owners of Alstede Farms in Chester, New Jersey. With the younger generation of Alstede women ...

2026 is designated as the year to recognize the importance of women to agriculture. Leading farm groups are coordinating activities. More than one in three U.S. farmers are women. After years of ...

When we think of an Australian farmer, we often still conjure up an image of a bloke in a hat, perhaps leaning on a fence post. If women make an appearance at all in this picture, it's usually as a ...

Female farmers in Iowa are advocating for more women in the agriculture business as Women’s History Month comes to a close. The most recent number of Iowa farms with female producers totaled 45,786 of ...

Just about everywhere you go this year, you will likely see celebrations related to the International Year of the Women Farmer. From farm and trade association meetings to the state departments of ...

A lot of research has been done to understand the role of women in agriculture. It’s now fairly well established that the empowerment of rural women is the key to agricultural development, adequate ...

SIR: As Nigeria grapples with the food shortage across, it is now time to re-think the pivotal role of women in promoting food sustainability. Women are natural beings with an innate potential to ...

It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow ...