<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/final/magazine/spring-2018/life-farmers-wife.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>The Life of a Farmer’s Wife</title><excerpt>“Women in agriculture either inherited the life or married into it,” says Sherry Strebe Saylor ’72. In 1973, she wed a third-generation farmer in Arizona and ended up falling in love with farming. She connected with the American Farm Bureau at the local level to find support and a community as a young wife newto agriculture, and her involvement has deepened throughout the years. Today, she serves on the national board (one of two women out of 25 members) and chairs the Women’s Leadership Committee.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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