Annie’s Project-Education for Women in Agriculture, the nationally acclaimed workshop for women, will be offered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Aug. 8-Sept. 12 in Pampa.

A person is tilling soil with a tractor at a farm in Corpus Christi.
The Annie’s Project series beginning Aug. 8 in Pampa will focus on five agricultural risk areas that women in agriculture might face: financial, human resources, legal, market and production. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

The six-week educational workshop tailored toward women in agriculture will be held at the AgriLife Extension office in Gray County, 12125 E. Frederic Ave.

Sessions will be from 5:30-8:30 p.m. every Thursday during that time frame. Topics covered will include the five primary agricultural risk areas: financial, human resources, legal, market and production risk.

Registration is open to all women and can be completed at https://tx.ag/AnniesProjectGrayCo. Seating is limited to 25 persons and preregistration by Aug. 7 is required. Registration cost is $75 and covers instruction, meal, equipment and course materials.

“Our target audience is women with a passion for agribusiness, whether they married into it, have been a part of it all their lives, inherited the operation or just wanted to start on their own,” said DeDe Jones, AgriLife Extension risk management specialist and program coordinator, Amarillo.

Program agenda

Session topics and speakers include:

  • Aug. 8: Mental health in agriculture — Miquela Smith, AgriLife Extension health program specialist, Lubbock, and a Northern Texas Panhandle producers panel.
  • Aug. 15: Family financial planning and risk management — Jason Johnson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist and associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Stephenville, and Jones.
  • Aug. 22: Human resource management and record keeping — Arianne Chavez, CPA, controller, AgriVision Farm Management, Hartley, and Brenda Heymer, owner, Heymer Management Accounting Services, Amarillo.
  • Aug. 29: Farm policy and crop insurance programs — Bart Fischer, Ph.D., co-director, Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University, Bryan-College Station, and Rachel Myers, owner, Myers Crop Insurance, Claude.
  • Sept. 5: Legal/liability risk management — Tiffany Lashmet, J.D., AgriLife Extension agricultural law specialist and associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Amarillo.
  • Sept. 12: Marketing and production — Donna Hughes, senior risk management consultant, StoneX, Abilene.
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