Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar was at the University of Minnesota Wednesday to celebrate women farmers. She was joined by Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Krysta Harden to talk about the experiences of women in modern agriculture.

"We are here to encourage more women to go into agriculture, it's not longer just your dad's job," Klobuchar said.

According to the USDA's 2012 Census of Agriculture, nearly one million women are working America's lands and more than 6,300 Minnesota women are principle operators of a farm.

"It used to be that agriculture was about muscle. Now it's a lot about brain. We have very sophisticated technologies, and anybody can farm that has that passion for the land," Harden said.