…AFB Women’s Leadership Committee. Saylor, a crop farmer from Arizona, gave her first annual address at the business meeting of the AFB Women, held at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s…
2015 Dietary Guidelines Support Lean Beef in a Healthy Diet
…case and said cattlemen and women provide a healthful product consumers demand. “U.S. cattle producers work each and every day to provide safe, wholesome and nutritious beef for consumers around…
Agriculture Graduate Shortage
…STEM degrees. While other U.S. higher education programs have encountered challenges enrolling women in STEM specialties, women make up more than half of the food, agriculture, renewable natural resources, and…
NFU Recognizes Women in Agriculture
…many issues important to them, including child nutrition, environmental stewardship and the historic fight for full voting rights for women. “For years, women have found a home in Farmers Union…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…and ranchers and established a voluntary claims process for women and Hispanic farmers and ranchers, providing payments of more than $2.5 billion combined and over $118 million in debt forgiveness….
Omnibus Approval Key for Cattle Producers
…National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Philip Ellis said the bill contained several victories for cattlemen and women. Coming within days of facing retaliation from two of our largest trading partners,…
NCBA on WTO COOL Tariffs
…to the entire U.S. economy. “America’s cattlemen and women produce the best beef in the world, but we do not support this mandate from the federal government to market our…
Annie’s Project
Today Cathy Isom fills us in on the new changes on the world wide web for the program designed to empower women in Agriculture. Many farm and ranch women in…
USDA Announces 2016 Agricultural Outlook Forum
…session on opportunities in agriculture for new and beginning farmers ranchers, and she will and host a Women’s Agriculture Networking event. USDA has hosted the Agricultural Outlook Forum since 1923….
Women Farm Bureau Boot Camp
Cathy Isom tells us about the program giving women the opportunity to be the voice of agriculture. Now in its ninth year, American Farm Bureau Federation’s Women’s Communications Boot Camp…
The Sweetest Season is Now in Session in Placer County
…Several families commission Placer County growers to ship mandarins to United States armed forces servicemen and women in Afghanistan each year. To sample the best of what the season has…
NCBA’s Cattlemen’s College Set to Kick-off 23rd Year in San Diego
…industry, this series, sponsored by Zoetis, will feature speakers and live animal demonstrations that give cattlemen and women the tools to connect, learn and innovate. “Cattlemen’s College is a great…
Senate Passes Resolution to Withdraw WOTUS Rule
…women are drowning in federal regulation that adds burdens, costs and uncertainty to our businesses,” said Ellis “The WOTUS regulation is the greatest overreach yet. If allowed to take effect,…
Leaders Selected for California Agricultural Leadership Program
…programs in the United States. Since it was first delivered in 1970, more than 1,200 men and women have participated in the program and have become influential leaders and active…