PRESS RELEASE: 2026 Women in Agribusiness Summit celebrates 15th anniversary in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, February 5, 2026 – The Women in Agribusiness (WIA) Summit will celebrate its 15 th anniversary event, September 22-24, 2026, in New Orleans, the city that first hosted the now iconic Summit for the advancement of women in ag. Now established as the premier event to empower, connect and elevate women in agrifood systems, this year’s event promises partnerships with the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) in recognition of 2026 being the In
What’s the Fix for Ag in 2026?
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media (February 3, 2026) Two thousand twenty-five saw much disruption in the U.S. ag sector: higher input costs, stagnant grain prices, continuing inflation, disappointing returns for some of the world’s largest agribusinesses, not to mention the race to find new global partners to replace lost soybean sales to China due to trade and tariff uncertainty. But, ever proving their resiliency, farmers reported bumper crops for
