Women Now Run A Third Of All Minnesota Farms

By John Lauritsen, CBS Minnesota

April 4, 2023

WILLMAR, Minn. -- If Mother Nature cooperates, spring planting will be right around the corner. And more women than ever before will be working in the farm fields of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

John Lauritsen talked with farmers about why that's happening, and why it's a trend that's likely to continue.

"We milk 66 cows in our barn on the other end of the farm," said Kristi Gatewood.

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