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AgForce Young Producers’ Council member Helen Woodland … women weren’t legally recognised as farmers until 1994 (Photo: AgForce)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 8, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

To coincide with International Women’s Day (March 8),\u00a0AgForce Young Producers’ Council member Helen Woodland has reflected on the role of women in agriculture, and paid tribute to their efforts:<\/p>\n

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There are few industries in Australia that owe so much to the contribution of women as agriculture.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the earliest days of European settlement in carving one of the world\u2019s largest agricultural economies out of the scrub, women have contributed significantly to everything from manual labour to business management and policy development.<\/p>\n

Yet it wasn\u2019t until 1994 that women were legally recognised as farmers in their own right.<\/p>\n

And there are further signs that despite half of everything we eat, half of the rural workforce, and half of all farm income in Australia being produced by women, industry still needs to do much to ensure greater representation of women not only in the paddock but in the board room as well.<\/p>\n

According to information from “Invisible Farmer”, women make up less than 10 per cent of all agricultural commodity councils, while my own experience, as a working agribusiness professional with a small beef herd, has shown me firsthand that there are still many more men actively involved in the industry than women.<\/p>\n

But encouragingly, things are changing.<\/p>\n

At AgForce, elected women represent almost every commodity and region, and of course we have Georgie Somerset, our first woman General President, who recently commenced a new two-year term.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of Georgie\u2019s goals when she began her role at the top of AgForce in 2018 was to encourage more women to come through the ranks and step into commodity-specific leadership roles, and we are now starting to see this taking place.<\/p>\n

The numbers will continue to change, and the industry will continue to prosper, if we provide yet more opportunities and support for young people who want to live a life on the land, and if we better promote the countless opportunities that exist for women within agriculture.<\/p>\n

Whether that\u2019s taking up a trade, working in ag sciences, or stepping up to represent on a council or board \u2013 the possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n

So this International Women\u2019s Day let\u2019s celebrate and be proud of all our wonderful achievements and the contribution women make to Australia and the lives of those around us each and every day.<\/p>\n

But as an industry and as a society let\u2019s also not lose sight of how far we still have to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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