Research by the Department of transport and Regional Services has discovered that female farmers are responsible for 49% of real farm income.
However, Agricultural Bodies continue to be male dominated, with women accounting for only 13 percent of rural representative body membership, and 7% of the leadership of publicly listed agricultural companies.
Historically, the role of farm women has been minimised, and it is hoped that the “invisible farmer project”, a study funded by the Australian Research Council, scheduled to concluded in 2020, will fill some of these gaps in the record, as the fight for proportional representation continues in the present.