So farm equipment is largely designed to be used by male farmers. Female-friendly tools are hard to come by. As Illinois Public Media's Dana Cronin reports, with more women farming every year ...

For this reason, we’re seeing more women pursuing opportunities in sustainable and organic farming where they can farm on smaller pieces of land with less equipment. Women are also putting together ...

“They’re not married, they don’t have a support system right there. It was very obvious that women were at a disadvantage [when it came to tools].” Liz Wagner runs Crooked Row Farm in New Tripoli with ...

She, Monica Bisek and Becky Stordahl have all worked their way into management positions at the Titan Machinery farm implement dealership in Winger, Minn. Bisek is... Just 99¢ a month for your ...

The word ‘drudgery’ is becoming increasingly used in connection with work related to agriculture, especially in the case of women. Farmers and farm scientists alike agree that a large portion ...

COIMBATORE: Soon, women farmers in hills in Erode and Salem will get compact, hand-operated agricultural equipment, thanks to a project undertaken by.

The average American farmer is a white man in his late 50s. Or at least, that's who's in charge of the farm, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But the number of female ...

“We started [@thetulepps] not only to share that women can farm and sell farm equipment, but we wanted to talk to a broader audience, too, not just farmers,” Stephanie adds.

Women lag men significantly in the farming industry. The 2012 census showed 30 percent of farmers were women and just 14 percent of farms were primarily run by women. But Neiner said despite the ...

In 1970, Janet Kutz’s neighbor invited her to a Cumberland County Farm Women meeting. Now, 54 years later, she’s still involved, along with her daughter and granddaughters. On Tuesday, Kutz ...