Jan Golian of Center, Mo., says that after her husband died, she was able to stay on the farm, thanks in part to Annie’s Project, a program that helps women gain confidence and agricultural business skills. Annie’s Project celebrates its 20th anniversary

Annie's Project helps Ralls County woman navigate farm ownership

CENTER, Mo. – When Jan Golian’s husband died of a heart attack in the middle of harvest season in 2004, friends and family helped her get the crop in and the cattle sold.Her husband had always been the caretaker of the farm while she worked as a school librarian and teacher. She knew farm life and how to be a farm wife, but she didn’t know how to make informed decisions about the farm operation.

Marion County farmer Amy Meyer Lehenbauer learned from Annie’s Project, a program offered by University of Missouri Extension. A 20th-anniversary celebration of Annie’s Project will be held April 1 at Lee Greenley Jr. Memorial Research Farm in Novelty. Ph

Annie's Project empowered Marion County farmer Amy Lehenbauer

PALMYRA, Mo. – Annie’s Project, a program offered by University of Missouri Extension for two decades, gave Amy Lehenbauer the confidence she needed to become active in the family farm.Lehenbauer is one of more than 19,000 women across the nation who completed the program during the past 20 years, says MU Extension agriculture business specialist Karisha Devlin.

Karisha Devlin trains Annie’s Project facilitators on the MU campus, Columbia, Mo.

MU joins celebration of Annie's Project

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension is celebrating the 20th year of Annie’s Project, a national nonprofit to educate and empower women in agriculture.

Mary Sobba.

Sobba wins Annie's Project ag educator award

MEXICO, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension agricultural business specialist Mary Sobba is the winner of the 2018 Annie’s Project Women in Ag Educator Award.A 25-year extension regional faculty member, Sobba taught the first Missouri Annie’s Project in 2004.