ORLANDO, FLORIDA, US — Karen Braun, a global expert and international voice in commodities market analysis, will give the keynote address for the 2025 Women in Agribusiness Summit planned Sept. 22-24 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, Florida, US.

Braun has nearly a decade of experience as a market analyst/columnist with Thomson Reuters. She will open the 14th annual summit on Sept. 22 with a presentation titled, “US Ag Commodities Market Outlook.”

The session will focus on key trends in US and global agricultural commodity markets, including price movements and supply-demand dynamics in soybeans, corn, wheat, etc. — with special attention paid to new regulations and the influence of geopolitical forces, as well as weather and ever-changing trade policies.

In an exclusive interview last week with WIA Today, Braun noted that “it is during the most volatile of times where taking a step back, reviewing the larger picture and resorting to basic supply and demand principles is most helpful.”

What can we expect by doing this? Braun explained: “... trade imbalances are not inherently negative. You have to look at the prices of commodities the US typically imports versus those it exports. For example, the United States accounted for 59% of global corn exports in the late 2000s, but that share has dropped to 31% in recent years, especially with the rise of Brazil. Sometimes it can take markets a long time to adjust to and accept these new norms.”

Hear more from Braun at the annual WIA Summit this fall to better understand the variables ignited by recent policies that are upending the commodities market and stretching the parameters of market equilibrium as we know them to be.

Braun joins more than two dozen speakers at the summit.