Jenny Schlecht is an ag journalist with AgWeek. Along with her husband, she is raising kids and cattle at Medina, North Dakota. A Montana native, Schlecht came to North Dakota to play softball for the University of Mary and she planned to become a sports writer. An internship with the Associated Press led to a job covering crime and courts at the Bismarck Tribune. She now serves as the director of content and editor for Agweek. In this edition of Agricult-HER, Schlecht shares her story. As a journalist and a farmer, she dealt with the derecho that hit North Dakota last summer. “That was June 20th, we’ll never forget that date, I’m sure. It’s the worst storm I’ve ever been through by far.” Every building on the farm and numerous corrals were affected. That recovery is continuing today.
