World Bee Day: Looking Beyond the Honey Bee to Protect Pollinators
By Caydee Savinelli, Head of North America Stewardship at Syngenta (May 19, 2026) Each year on World Bee Day on May 20, the agriculture community takes a moment to appreciate the role bees play in our food system. But one of the most common misconceptions I see, both inside and outside of agriculture, is that pollination begins and ends with honey bees. Beetles are also native pollinators. The reality is much broader, which is good news because it provides more opportunities
PRESS RELEASE: Female Farmers Highlighted at 2026 Women in Agribusiness Summit
NEW ORLEANS, May 18, 2026 – Women in Agribusiness has announced the speakers for its Female Producer Panel – from a crawfish farmer in Louisiana to a soybean farmer in South Dakota. This signature panel will open the second day of the 15th annual Women in Agribusiness (WIA) Summit in New Orleans, September 22-24. The highly anticipated Female Producer Panel showcases the paths these female farmers have taken in their careers and discusses the realities of life on the farm,
