• Carol McKenna hand feeds a newly born Blackface sheep on Gass Farm. She feels the farming job has shed its image of being gender-specific. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna hand feeds a newly born Blackface sheep on Gass Farm. She feels the farming job has shed its image of being gender-specific. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna draws off old ewes and separates the male and female lambs on Gass Farm. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna draws off old ewes and separates the male and female lambs on Gass Farm. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna doses and vaccinates sheep on Gass Farm in Kirkcowan, Scotland. Thousands of Scottish women are shunning conventional nine-to-five jobs for the joys of breeding cattle or growing crops. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna doses and vaccinates sheep on Gass Farm in Kirkcowan, Scotland. Thousands of Scottish women are shunning conventional nine-to-five jobs for the joys of breeding cattle or growing crops. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna assists a local vet in removing horns from young cattle on Gass Farm. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna assists a local vet in removing horns from young cattle on Gass Farm. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna brings cattle in for dosing on Gass Farm, which has been in her family for 82 years. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna brings cattle in for dosing on Gass Farm, which has been in her family for 82 years. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna updates records on her computer at Gass Farm, which raises beef and sheep. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna updates records on her computer at Gass Farm, which raises beef and sheep. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna brings in silage bails on Gass Farm in Kirkcowan, Scotland. She is one of the growing numbers of women in the UK who are choosing a career in farming, recent figures showed there are currently around 23,000 female farmers in the UK. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna brings in silage bails on Gass Farm in Kirkcowan, Scotland. She is one of the growing numbers of women in the UK who are choosing a career in farming, recent figures showed there are currently around 23,000 female farmers in the UK. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna hand feeds a newly born Blackface sheep on Gass Farm. She feels the farming job has shed its image of being gender-specific. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna hand feeds a newly born Blackface sheep on Gass Farm. She feels the farming job has shed its image of being gender-specific. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna brings in silage bails on Gass Farm in Kirkcowan, Scotland. New figures show a surge in the number of women in agriculture over the past decade compared to a sharp drop in the number of male farmers. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna brings in silage bails on Gass Farm in Kirkcowan, Scotland. New figures show a surge in the number of women in agriculture over the past decade compared to a sharp drop in the number of male farmers. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Thousands of Scottish women such as Carol McKenna are shunning conventional nine-to-five jobs for the joys of breeding cattle or growing crops. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Thousands of Scottish women such as Carol McKenna are shunning conventional nine-to-five jobs for the joys of breeding cattle or growing crops. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna helps a Scottish mule give birth to Suffolk lamb triplets on Gass Farm. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna helps a Scottish mule give birth to Suffolk lamb triplets on Gass Farm. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
  • Carol McKenna brands young sheep on Gass Farm. She says there is no stopping Scottish women from farming. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images
    Carol McKenna brands young sheep on Gass Farm. She says there is no stopping Scottish women from farming. Jeff Mitchell / Getty Images

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In pictures: The rise of Scottish female farmers

Liz Claus

April 07, 2014

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Traditionally considered as male territory, more and more women are taking to Scottish fields for a living. One of them is Carol McKenna, who has been working on the family farm in Kirkcowan, Dumfries and Galloway for the last 10 years.

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