PRESS RELEASE: CoBank Lead Economist to Keynote 15th Annual WIA Summit
NEW ORLEANS, June 18, 2026 – Jacqui Fatka, CoBank's lead economist for farm supply and biofuels, will deliver the opening keynote at the 15th annual Women in Agribusiness (WIA) Summit, September 22–24 in New Orleans. Fatka will set the tone for the anniversary Summit with a comprehensive market outlook covering the forces shaping agriculture today — global trade, economic uncertainty, policy developments, and shifting supply-and-demand dynamics — and what they mean for the ye
Q&A: How Global Trade Tensions Are Reshaping Ag Markets
By Crystal Futrell, MEAT+POULTRY, (June 15, 2026) Reprinted with permission. Original published by www.meatpoultry.com. Geopolitics has always been an integral element of agricultural commodities markets. With last year’s onslaught of US tariffs straining trade partnerships to this year’s conflict in the Middle East staunching a vital shipping lane, geopolitics seems to have elevated as the major factor driving markets in recent years. Joseph Glauber, senior research fellow
