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Title: Additional Information on Women in Agriculture from the USDA

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The United States Department of Agriculture has many useful reports and resources on women working in various agriculture sectors:

The following is an article on women as horse farmers: http://ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/September06/DataFeature/

The Census of Agriculture offers county level data on women farm operators, and the following Family Farm Reports all have information on women farm operators:

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/AIB768/
http://www.ers.usda/gov/Publications/AIB797/
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB24/