On 53 thousand hectares, a woman farms alone, this is how she does it.

There are no days off and holidays in agriculture, it is continuous work, and as a woman, it is twice as hard to assert oneself in it. Agriculture faces two fundamental demographic problems worldwide, aging and the marginalization of women. Of course, this phenomenon does not bypass Hungary either; for example, in 2023, the proportion of farm managers aged 65 and over was 37 percent. At the European Union level, the average age of people working in agriculture is 57 years, only 12 percent are under 40 years old, and out of 40 young farmers, only 1 represents the weaker sex. That is why it is refreshing to hear about the Australian woman who has been fighting unusual struggles for years. Beck Smith lives in the northeastern part of the continent, in the state of Queensland, and she farms a 53 thousand hectare area entirely on her own. More precisely, with the significant "assistance" of her award-winning three-year-old border collie dog, Duke, and four other working dogs. Beck ...