"Women In Ag" Survey

More than thirty percent of all farm operations here in the United States are owned by women, and that includes active roles in the cattle and dairy industry. Many of these women are farmers because they have chosen to be, not because they married into farming or inherited a farm. For the first time women are being invited to participate in an online survey that aims to gauge the goals, achievements, aspirations and needs of women in U.S. agriculture. The American Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Program launched “Women in Ag” to ask those women who are farmers, ranchers, ag employees, students pursing an education and career in ag, or who support ag in other ways about what is most important to them, what challenges they face, and what leadership skills they think are important. All women involved with agriculture are encouraged to participate in the survey. Survey participants will also be eligible for an opportunity to win one of five $100 gift cards. Women do not have to be Farm Bureau members to participate; simply go to womeninag.fb.org. to make your ag voice heard.