See that tractor up there in that picture? Know who's at the wheel? A woman.
Back 'in the day', when you saw a tractor in the field you knew who was at the wheel. It was Bob or Henry, maybe Jim or Carl or Johnny. The point is, it was always a 'he'...
"The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer." American humorist, columnist, and philosopher, Will Rogers, hit the nail on the head with that saying.