Women are essential to agriculture, as leaders on and off the farm, from running a farm or ranch business to advocating on Capitol Hill. The American Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership program provides ...

"I'd rather be on the farm" : attitudes toward ranch and farm work -- "I'd rather work outside than do housework" : flexible gender roles -- "I didn't milk cows; I ...

Farm women are generating a cultural tide in American agriculture that is moving management, assets and opportunities to a new wave of farmers across the country. At Annie’s Project courses, women in ...

Fifteen farm and ranch women leaders graduated from the spring session of Women’s Communications Boot Camp hosted by the American Farm Bureau Federation. The agricultural leaders completed an ...

A 1975 Supreme Court of Canada decision highlighted the gap between the realities of ranch life and property law, prompting a ...

CORVALLIS, Mont. - They're the caregivers, the secretaries, bookkeepers and cooks. They're machinery operators and horseback riders, irrigators and managers. NBC Montana wanted to do a story on ...

This former Bloomberg executive returned to her family’s Texas ranch to build a thriving, community-rooted business that ...

Sisters Rebekah Alstede Modery and Sarah Alstede were raised on a New Jersey farm. This year, they decided to spend their careers there, too. Rebekah graduated in 2023 with a double major in ...

In early January, the California Department of Food and Agriculture announced its participation in “International Year of the ...

Dream of managing a farm? Owning a ranch? Working in agricultural finance? Regardless of where your dreams lie, the farm and ranch management minor is a powerful addition to any UW degree. This minor ...

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 ...