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NOTEBOOK: Vilsack: More women in farming

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with young farmers and ranchers in Ames on Wednesday as part of a whirlwind stop that also included his keynote address at a small-business innovation conference. Vilsack said he noticed something about the group of farmers and ranchers: ‘I was struck by the fact that there were so many young women. Seven years ago (when he became secretary), you wouldn’t have seen that.”