This USDA map shows the percentage of farms with female farm operators using statistics from the 2007 Census of Agriculture. To view more statistics on female farmers in the U.S., click the map.
The Kansas Rural Center is holding a women-only workshop on farm planning this Thursday, Nov. 14 in Linn, Kan.
The workshop will provide female farm operators with tools to conduct a self-assessment, which helps inventory the farm’s natural resources, its pastures and cropland in order to illuminate the problems and provide potential solutions.
Women are encouraged to bring copies of their farm’s aerial maps as well as pertinent farm records, including data on crops planted and completed conservation work to the morning session, where they will learn about farm assessment and planning. According to the KRC news release, field assistants Dale Kirkham and Ed Reznicek will provide an overview of the planning process from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
After lunch, the workshop will continue with a presentation from Mykel Taylor, an agriculture economist from Kansas State University. Taylor will explain leasing and tenant agreements, and give an update on pasture and cropland leasing prices.
Forrest Buhler, a staff attorney for the Kansas Agricultural Mediation Service, will speak after Taylor, explaining the do’s and don’ts of estate planing. The workshop will end with a tour of cover crops at a nearby farm.
According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, 30 percent of farm operators in the U.S. are women, a 19 percent increase from the 2002 Census.
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