Comments on: There Are More Women Farmers Than Ever, But They Make Less Than Men. Why? https://modernfarmer.com/2019/06/there-are-more-women-farmers-than-ever-but-they-make-less-than-men-why/ Farm. Food. Life. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Rickie https://modernfarmer.com/2019/06/there-are-more-women-farmers-than-ever-but-they-make-less-than-men-why/#comment-24550 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:49:47 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=67658#comment-24550 They beg to differ. So who is right

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/30/women-farmers-outearned-men-farmers-in-2017.html

]]> By: Lando M. https://modernfarmer.com/2019/06/there-are-more-women-farmers-than-ever-but-they-make-less-than-men-why/#comment-23257 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:46:25 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=67658#comment-23257 Here is another statistic that you failed to mention. According to a 2011 study on deaths in agricultural from Texas A&M University,: “Gender difference is even more substantial within the agriculture industry. Though men comprised 74 percent of all workers age 16 years and older, 2001 BLS data show that men accounted for 96 percent of all fatalities.” 96% of all fatalities in agricultural are men.

https://agsafety.tamu.edu/files/2011/06/US-AGRICULTURE-FATALITY-STATISTICS1.pdf

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