By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media (July 21, 2026) Last week WIA Today talked with three “lifelong” Women in Agribusiness Summit attendees – Gloria Basse, ag consultant; Sharon Beals, founder of SKKB-LLC and more; and Michele Fite, CEO of Elo Life Systems – for their thoughts on what makes the Summit stand out among industry events. This week we continue the interviews with three more industry icons who have made the annual Women in Agribusiness Sum

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media (July 14, 2026) Fifteen years ago, a new kind of event platform took root: Women in Agribusiness (WIA). Sparked by the all-too-familiar experience of attending industry gatherings dominated by male voices, WIA was created to offer something different – a dynamic space dedicated to connection, collaboration and knowledge-sharing for women across the ag sector. In 2012, the inaugural Summit in New Orleans brought toget