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Women have historically played minor roles as farm owners in

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, but the number who own or lease farms is rising rapidly in the 21st century; by 2013 there were 25,000. A 2014 survey by ''

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'' showed that 59% of women felt that agriculture was at least as good as other industries in equal opportunities for women. Women were also bringing money into farms through initially small diversifications into other businesses. ''Farmers Weekly'' ran a television show, ''Farmers Apprentice'', presented by the

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dairy farmer Philippa Hall. In March 2016, the then Environment Secretary

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celebrated

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with women farmers. In Scotland, too, the government and the National Farmers Union Scotland are working to promote women in agriculture in the 21st century. In February 2018, the 110 year old National Farmers' Union of England and Wales elected the beef farmer

Minette Batters Minette Bridget Batters (née Hill, 1967) is a British farmer who is the President of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales. Career Batters is a tenant farmer of a 300-acre mixed farm near Downton in Wiltshire. As well as the farm, ...

as their first female president.

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