Year: 2025

Column – Who run the world?

Girls! You probably know this song by Beyoncé. While it is not about women in agriculture, I was reminded of it. A few months ago, I read the news that the United Nations has declared 2026 the International Year of the Woman Farmer. The fact that the UN would devote an entire year to […]

Celebrating Innovation: The First Women in AgRobotics Award

Agricultural robotics is transforming the way we grow food, and women are playing a vital role in driving that change. To put these trailblazers in the spotlight, the very first Women in AgRobotics Award has been launched. The award celebrates founders, engineers, farmers, researchers, and leaders who are pushing the boundaries of technology in agriculture. […]

Women in Ag Awards 2025 – Meet the jury: Juana “Jane” Tapel

As the temperatures are reaching tropical heights in Europe, we are gearing up for the fourth edition of the Women in Ag Awards, the international awards open to all women in agriculture worldwide, hosted in collaboration with the DLG. Present and behind the Awards project from the very beginning, back in 2022, Juana Tapel has […]

More and more female farmers run Flemish farms

The proportion of female business leaders in the Flemish agriculture and horticulture sectors continues to increase. Young women in particular are increasingly taking on leadership roles in agriculture, according to an article by Flemish agricultural organisation Vilt. “We can only applaud the evolution towards more gender equality in managerial positions in agriculture,” Flemish Minister of […]

“Rural abuse and urban abuse are so different”

How the isolation of rural life can become an abuser’s weapon Trigger warnings: coercive control, abuse, violence against women, femicide There is a difference between rural abuse and urban abuse. In 2018, 14-year old Georgia Gabriel-Hooper (UK) witnessed the murder of her mother Cheryl, by her former partner Andrew Hooper. Georgia was sat […]

Women in Ag Magazine #2 is out now!

After a winter to rest, process and think on the previous edition, preparations for the fourth edition of the Women in Ag Awards are now in full swing. From regular meetings with our co-hosts from the DLG, speaking as a guest in their podcast (click here to listen) and spreading the word as much as […]

Listen to Kim speak in the DLG podcast!

Earlier this month, our editor in chief was a guest in the DLG podcast “Stories that empower – Female Agri Fellows” with hosts Stefanie Pionke and Nathalie Joest, along with Women in Ag Awards laureate Christine Jodloman (Philippines). Listen to her opinion on being a woman in agriculture and the Women in Ag Awards here! […]

VIDEO : interview with Paloma Rodriguez

At the FIRA World fair earlier this year, we met Paloma Rodriguez. Paloma is Platform Manager Robotics & Digital – Specialty Crops at New Holland. She works at the Coëx plant in France. At FIRA World, New Holland presented their T4 Specilty Crop tractor with the Advanced Vision Assisted Guidance (AVAG) system. We had a […]

Women in Ag Award 2025 – Apply now!

The Women in Ag Awards are back for 2025 – and you (or someone you know) could be the next inspiring voice we celebrate! The role of women in agriculture, in the agribusiness and in the agricultural sciences is changing worldwide. The Women in Ag Awards pay tribute to this commitment and tell the stories behind […]

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Spring is well underway in our part of the world, Women’s History Month just ended and Women in Ag Magazine celebrates its fourth birthday with a brand new magazine filled with stories from women in agriculture from all over the world. Our magazine was launched on International Women’s Day 2021 from our home office near […]