Women are more likely to have livestock operations than traditional field crops. Proper animal handling techniques are important for all producers but due to physiological characteristics (e.g., height, strength, etc.) it is even more important for women to learn how to work smarter rather than harder to improve the health of her herd as well …
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The Ag Safety and Health Community of Practice and the Enhancing Educational Programming for Beginning Farm and Ranch Women are working together to provide a one-stop for resources about agricultural safety, health, and mechanization information specifically for women. Based on the 2017 Census of Agriculture, women represent 36% of all American agricultural producers, which an …
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