More on WIA in This Dirt Diaries Episode | El Nino Raises Concerns | Ag Teachers Recognized
- Jul 31
- 2 min read
Compilation of news from industry sources (July 31, 2026)
Women in Agribusiness Portfolio Director Svitlana Synkovska answer the tough questions
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The most adverse part of the aggressively developing El Niño event is still a few months away. However, there are some weather anomalies already prevalent, and they are likely to continue as we march toward the peak of El Niño. Most of the anomalous weather underway is a wetter bias and not a dry one. Southern China is already too wet and vulnerable to significant flooding in the next few weeks. Southern Brazil is also quite wet and expected to stay wetter than usual through the end of this year.
The National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO), U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA), and Farm Credit partner each year to honor teachers in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade (PreK-12) from around the country for the innovative ways they use agricultural concepts to teach reading, writing, math, science, social studies, STEM, STEAM, and more.
Just for fun: A portrait of the U.S. at 250 years
