Letters to the editor, December 4, 2017

Hursh’s argument outdated
Kevin Hursh wrote: “Nothing is stopping women from becoming leaders in agriculture” other than their own failure to “step up rather than just attending their own women in ag events.” He said his sons felt his attitude “didn’t come across as very progressive,” but Hursh persisted and jumped into this complex debate with disappointingly dated, overly simplistic arguments.
Hursh acknowledges men often outnumber women in agric