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CUMNOCK'S Pip Job has been crowned the NSW/ACT winner of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation's Rural Women's Award.
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Ms Job has a vision for agriculture where family farming businesses are profitable and can increase the ecological wealth of the land.
After winning the award she said she was "wholly delighted".
"I don't feel there is a winner, (runner-up) Edwina (Beveridge) is an outstanding leader in her field," she said.
Ms Job said the award was an endorsement for her work.
"I love what I do and I love getting up and going to work."
Ms Job is the chief executive of the Little River Landcare Group Incorporated and a board member of the Central Tablelands Local Land Services.
She said farming needed to adopt a holistic approach toward balancing family needs, financial management and farming practices to achieve production outputs together with positive environmental outcomes.
Ms Job would like to use the award to increase her leadership capacity and ability to contribute to the agricultural industry.
She wants to undertake a study tour and develop a training program to create a community of women to manage the challenges of rural life.
Edwina Beveridge, Young, whose pig operation has the lowest carbon footprint of any pig farm in the country, was the runner up.
The NSW/ACT winner of the Rural Women's Award was announced by Primary Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson at a dinner at Parliament House in Sydney on Tuesday night.