Month: September 2024

Our Lady of the Colours, four generations of girl power on the farm

Never has the name of this feature been more accurate: this is a true encounter, and one we at Women in Ag will remember fondly for a very long time. Our encounter with the four women running the Notre Dame des Couleurs dairy farm in Belfort-du-Quercy, a tiny village in the Lot region in southwestern […]

“My most important goal is to change perceptions about dairy”

Gina Gutierrez, dairy farmer, Mezquital (Mexico) When Gina Gutierrez decided to join her father and grandfather on the family dairy farm in Mezquital, Mexico, she probably didn’t expect to have such an impact on the perception towards agriculture or become a powerful representative of women in agriculture in her country. Her Facebook page “la vida […]

“It would be great to see more women developing and testing agricultural machines”

Dr. Ute David, AGCO Plant Manager, Feucht (Germany) Like the agricultural sector, the field of agri-business is predominantly male. We were therefore delighted to meet Dr. Ute David during a factory visit to the AGCO plant in Feught, Germany. Dr. David is the Plant Manager of the factory where mowers, tedders and rakes are built […]