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Winners announced at fourth EU Organic Awards

European Commission announced winners of the fourth edition of the EU Organic Awards. This year’s awardees uphold the high standards set by previous winners, showcasing innovative and sustainable projects across Europe’s organic value chain. Their work demonstrates how organic farming and production can deliver added value, create communities and jobs in rural areas, turn […]

First ever 100% female class for Agriculture Major at Odisee

“Women take lead in sustainable future” For the first time in its existence, Odisee University of applied sciences in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) welcomes an all-female batch in the Agriculture major within the Agro and Biotechnology program. A first that confirms the notable influx of female students into agricultural education while underscoring the growing importance 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 […]

“I think the best thing a manager can be, is to be there for their team.”

Laura Overall, Senior Vice President Communications CNH , Basildon (UK). Last summer, we were invited to Basildon (UK) for a visit to the New Holland plant and to see the new CR10 and CR11 combines at work. However, while that was the main reason for our colleagues’ visit, we were there to meet Laura […]

“Diversity is a good thing and we need to embrace it”

Marrit Kyung Ok Schakel, farmer and cheesemaker, Hoogmade (Netherlands) In the Western world, from where we write, agriculture is not only mostly a male industry but also a predominantly white one. As Karen Washington explained to us in the March edition of this magazine, it is simply a lot less evident for non-whites to […]