In a family of five boys and two girls, Rebecca Sip didn’t think farming was part of her future. That changed in 2017 after four of her older brothers found careers off the farm. Sip’s youngest brother Paul, sister Marissa, and herself decided they wanted to keep things going. Together with their parents, the Sip family raises corn, soybeans, wheat, and sugarbeets near Ada, Minnesota. “You do feel like when you go to the elevator, wherever, you do feel like, ‘I am the only girl here’ and you feel like everyone is watching you.” But her community has been helpful and supportive. Sip says humility has made interacting with people in the ag industry easier. “Most people, when they see you farming and they see you put your head to it, and see that you’re working, I do feel a lot of respect.” To Sip, farming is the perfect example of learning to trust God’s timing alongside her family. Catch the full interview online.
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