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A resolution designating March 27, 2025, as "National Women in Agriculture Day".

Designating March 27, 2025, as ``National Women in Agriculture Day''.

Introduced Apr 1, 2025

Latest action (Apr 1, 2025) Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2099; text: CR S2099)

Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Legislative subjects (4)
Agricultural educationCommemorative events and holidaysMigrant, seasonal, agricultural laborWomen's employment

Summary

This Senate resolution designates March 27, 2025, as "National Women in Agriculture Day" to recognize the contributions of women in agriculture. The resolution acknowledges that more than 1.2 million women serve as agricultural producers in the United States, accounting for more than one-third of all agricultural producers, and that women-operated farms sold $222 billion in agricultural products in 2022, representing 36 percent of total U.S. agriculture sales. The resolution recognizes that women contribute to agriculture across multiple fields including production, research, education, manufacturing, and advocacy, and that women serve as mentors and educators in agricultural youth programs and educational institutions. The resolution encourages citizens to recognize women working in agriculture and to support and empower women to enter and lead in agricultural careers.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
52 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Joni Ernst’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $57,653
  • CAPITAL GROUP $40,000
  • SOROBAN CAPITAL $13,200
  • CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES $7,500
  • GOOGLE $6,800

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Actions (3)
  1. Apr 1, 2025 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2099; text: CR S2099) · senate
  2. Apr 1, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
  3. Apr 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HRES 260 — Designating March 27, 2025, as "National Women in Agriculture Day". (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 2 subjects)
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  • SRES 332 — A resolution designating July 26, 2025, as "National Day of the American Cowboy". (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • SRES 89 — A resolution expressing support for the designation of February 15 through February 22, 2025, as "National FFA Week", recognizing the important role of the National FFA Organization in developing the next generation of leaders who will change the world, and celebrating the 90th anniversary of New Farmers of America and the 75th anniversary of the Future Farmers of America Federal charter. (shares 2 subjects)
  • SRES 820 — A resolution designating August 7, 2026, as "National Lighthouse Day". (shares 1 subject)
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Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HRES 260 — Designating March 27, 2025, as "National Women in Agriculture Day". · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 94%
  • SRES 132 — A resolution designating March 24, 2025, as "National Women of Color in Tech Day". · Introduced Mar 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 79%
  • HRES 1132 — Expressing support for the designation of March 24, 2026, as "National Agriculture Day" and celebrating the importance of agriculture as one of the most impactful industries in the United States. · Introduced Mar 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 78%
  • SRES 653 — A resolution designating March 21, 2026, as "National Women in Agriculture Day". · Passed Senate Mar 19, 2026 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HRES 1124 — Supporting the designation of March 21, 2026, as "National Women in Agriculture Day". · Introduced Mar 19, 2026 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HRES 227 — Expressing support for the designation of March 18, 2025, as "National Agriculture Day" and celebrating the importance of agriculture as one of the most impactful industries in the United States. · Introduced Mar 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%

Text versions (1)
  • Agreed to Senate · Apr 1, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 1 (legislative day, March 31), 2025

Ms. Ernst (for herself, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Britt, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Coons, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Warnock, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Welch, Mr. King, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Ossoff, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Booker, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Hassan) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Designating March 27, 2025, as “National Women in Agriculture Day”.

Whereas the United States proudly recognizes agriculture as one of the most impactful industries of the United States and acknowledges the countless women who help agriculture prosper both in the United States and abroad; Whereas there are more than 1,200,000 female agricultural producers in the United States, making up more than \1/3\ of the agricultural producers in the United States; Whereas, in 2022, farms operated by women in the United States sold $222,000,000,000 in agricultural products, accounting for 36 percent of the total agriculture sales in the United States for that year; Whereas, in addition to leading farming operations, women working in agriculture make a difference across the United States in various commodity and industry fields, including research and development, manufacturing, sales and distribution, agricultural education, agribusiness, and advocacy, which extend benefits to individuals across the globe through the international trade of the United States; Whereas the United States recognizes that women are vital in fostering the next generation of the agricultural workforce by promoting science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and agricultural education and entrepreneurial and community initiatives by serving as mentors for the 4-H Program, the National FFA Organization, the Cooperative Extension System, and numerous postsecondary agricultural science educator programs; Whereas March is National Women’s History Month; and Whereas female professionals, instructors, and leaders in the agricultural field should be celebrated for their efforts during National Ag Week, which takes place between March 23 and March 29, 2025: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate—

(1) designates March 27, 2025, as “National Women in Agriculture Day”;

(2) recognizes the important role of women in agriculture as producers, educators, leaders, mentors, and more; and

(3) encourages all citizens to—

(A) recognize women working in agriculture; and

(B) praise the significant positive impact those women have on the food resources and the agricultural workforce of the United States by encouraging and empowering women to—

(i) enter the agricultural field, which is a high-demand field of work;

(ii) cultivate opportunities to lead; and

(iii) feed a hungry world. <all>

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