
The many titles of the modern farmwoman
Dairy farmers like Julia Booijink have many labels. Mom, wife, producer, and business owner are just a few of them. Julia Booijink was a woman in agriculture before the label ‘women in ag’ even existed. At the age of 34, the dairy farmer already has a long list of accomplishments under her belt including earning an animal science degree from the University of Guelph, buying and single handedly running her own dairy farm, and building a solid career in dairy genetics. All of t