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May 2024, Issue 9

AAEA Deadlines    

May 3, 2024

  • Volunteers for AAEA Committees

May 15, 2024

  • #AAEA2024 Presenter Requirements Deadline
  • AAEA Election

May 22, 2024

  • Submission for 2025 ASSA Deadline

May 24, 2024

  • Travel Grant Applications - Domestic
  • Travel Grant Applications - International

May 31, 2024

  • Early Bird Registration Deadline

June 27, 2024

  • AAEA AM24 Room Block Closes

June 30, 2024

  • AETR Special Issue on AI
  • AETR Special Issue on Agribusiness

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AAEA News

2024 AAEA Elections Are Now Open

The AAEA elections will end on May 15, 2024, at 11:59 pm CDT. Please log into the My Account section to access the ballot: https://aaea.execinc.com/edibo/2024Elections If you have any questions or trouble accessing the online ballot, please contact the AAEA Office at (414) 918-3190 or at Info@aaea.org.

2024 AAEA Executive Board Election Candidates
President-Elect

Carola Grebitus, Arizona State University
Brian Roe, The Ohio State University

Director
Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont
Sarah Low, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tim Richards, Arizona State University
Junjie Wu, North Carolina State University

Section Elections
The AAEA Section elections are also taking place concurrently with the Executive Board election. You will be able to complete the Executive Board and Section elections all in one place. Section members will be directed to the Section ballots for which they are eligible to vote upon submitting the Executive Board ballot.

President-Elect Seeks Volunteers for AAEA Committees

Members interested in shaping the future of the AAEA can play an essential role by serving on an association committee. Committee service also offers an excellent opportunity for developing contacts and increasing professional networking.

Beatty will make appointments to the following 2024-2025 committees in June 2024:

  • AAEA Trust
  • Awards
  • Case Study Invited Paper
  • Communications
  • Employment Services
  • Fellows Selection
  • Finance
  • Galbraith Forum and Award
  • Membership
  • Mentoring
  • Nominating
  • Selected Presentations
  • T.W. Schultz Lecture

For information about these committees and a list of their current members, please visit http://www.aaea.org/about-aaea/aaea-committees.

Any AAEA member interested and willing to serve on a committee should contact Kristen McGuire at kmcguire@aaea.org or (414) 918-3190 by May 3, 2024.

2024 AAEA Accept/Reject Notifications

Notifications for the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting were sent on March 26. Please check your email (and spam/junk folders) or log into the abstract management system to view your standing.

Presenter Requirements by May 15, 2024
In order to participate in the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting, presenters MUST meet three requirements:

  1. Be a 2024 AAEA member
  2. Register for the 2024 annual meeting
  3. Upload PDF of finished paper (or poster if presenting a poster) to AAEA submission site using these instructions.

**If your institution will be registering you for the Annual Meeting or renewing your membership it is your responsibility to ensure that they have done so prior to the May 15 deadline.

Presentations are subject to withdrawal from the program if requirements are not completed by May 15 at 11:59 pm CST.  If you would like to withdraw your paper, you must notify the AAEA business office of your intentions at (414) 918-3190 or info@aaea.org

2024 Annual Meeting Information

Preliminary Schedule

Sunday, July 28
  • Various Times
  • Various Times
  • 9:30 am -5:00 pm
  • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Immediately following Gordon Rausser Keynote Address
  • 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Monday, July 29
  • 8:00 am - 8:30 am
  • 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
  • 8:30 am - 9:30 am
  • 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
  • 10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
  • 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
  • 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
  • 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
  • 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
  • 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
  • 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
     
  • 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Tuesday, July 30
  • 8:30 am - 9:30 am
  • 10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • 11:45 am - 12:45 pm (**NEW TIME**)
  • 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
  • 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
  • 4:30 pm - 6:15 pm
 

The 2024 AAEA Room Block is OPEN
New Orleans Marriott
555 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 581-1000

Guest Rooms for Single/Double $179 per room per night
Taxes are a total of 16.2% (9.45% State Tax, 5% Federal Tax, and 1.75% Tourism Tax) plus a $3 per night occupancy fee.

Please reserve your room using the following link:https://book.passkey.com/e/50476455

Cut-off Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024 or when sold out.

2024 Registration Rates

You may register for a Pre- and Post-conference Workshop while registering for the annual meeting or by calling the AAEA Business Office at (414) 918-3190.

  Early Bird
(on or before May 31)
Advanced
(June 1-July 18)
On-site
(July 19 and after)
Member Non-member Member Non-member Member Non-member
Graduate Student $105 $300 $140 $335 $180 $380
Professional $475 $650 $560 $720 $635 $795
Senior $365 $505 $450 $580 $525 $655
Guest $75 $75 $75

*Guests include any interested party not professionally in or a student of the fields of agricultural or applied economics, or a related discipline. Guest fees include the welcome reception, plenary sessions, and all concurrent sessions (Guests under the age of 16 are free, and don’t need to register).

*Cancellation: Cancellations of meeting registrations are subject to a $50 processing fee. After July 5, no refunds will be given for meeting registrations or special event tickets. To cancel your Annual Meeting registration and/or special event tickets, contact the AAEA Business Office at (414) 918-3190 or info@aaea.org. Website: www.aaea.org. If AAEA cancels the meeting any paid meeting registration fees will be fully refunded.

Accepted Presenters must register for the Annual Meeting by May 15, 2024

2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Open Calls

May 24, 2024

Preview of AAEA 2024 Annual Meeting Workshops & Luncheons

Pre-registration for Pre- and Post-conference Workshops and Luncheons are required before the annual meeting. You may register for a Pre- and Post-conference Workshop while registering for the annual meeting or by calling the AAEA Business Office at (414) 918-3190.

Pre-Conference Workshops    
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Post-Conference Workshops
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Speaker Luncheons Preview

Luncheons are a ticketed event and will occur on Monday, July 29th. Additional details available here

  • Extension Section Lecture & Luncheon (SP31)
  • COSBAE Speaker Series & Luncheon (SP32)

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Announcing 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting – Invited Paper Sessions

  • Innovations in Characterizing Rural Economic Activity
    Session #3757
  • New Developments in Assessing Global Food Security
    Session #3758
  • Leveraging multiple-data sources and methods to better inform food policies and market strategies
    Session #3759
  • When Efficiency Matters: Incentivizing Right Agent, Right Behavior, and Right Compensation to Improve Conservation Outcomes
    Session #3790
  • Burning Issues in Agricultural Trade Policy
    Session #3798

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Announcing 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting – Organized Symposia Sessions

  • Challenges and Solutions in Measuring Household Food Loss and Waste for Use in Policy Analysis
    Session #3765
  • Reflecting on Key Dimensions of the Interdisciplinary Research Process
    Session #3767
  • Teaching new and existing courses for students from other fields
    Session #3777
  • Learning about various transitioning opportunities from the academic to the professional environment
    Session #3780
  • Tales from the Dark Side: Insights for Ag and Applied Economists from Administrators
    Session #3781
  • Applying for USDA-NIFA Funding for the Area of Agricultural Economics and Rural Communities
    Session #3782
  • Best Practices for Furthering Innovation and Capturing the Benefits of the Bioeconomy
    Session #3783
  • Overcoming Challenges and Constraints to Growth in Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, and Related Programs at 1890 Land-grant Institutions
    Session #3784
  • Examination of Agricultural Labor Policy Options
    Session #3785
  • The State of Academic Profession of Agricultural & Applied Economics
    Session #3789
  • Strategies for Health & Wellbeing in Agricultural Economics
    Session #3795
  • Empowering EU Consumers for the Green Transition
    Session #3983
  • Nutrition, Inequality, Gender, and Food Security
    Session #3800
  • Case Studies - Paper Session
    Session #3897

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Announcing the 2024 Extension Competition for Graduate Students at the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting

The AAEA Extension Competition for Graduate Students provides an opportunity to develop and/or get feedback on programs that communicate research and practical information to Extension (usually non-economist) audiences.  Entries can be based upon graduate student research for a thesis, dissertation, or other academic work. The competition is sponsored by the Extension and Graduate Student Sections.
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Undergraduate Student Section 2024 Competitions

  • The Earl O. Heady Decision Sciences Spreadsheet Competition
  • Student Paper Competition
  • Outstanding Paper Competition
  • Creative Club Competition

Read more about each competition here: https://www.aaea.org/membership/sections/ss-aaea/aaea-annual-meeting

Register for the 2024 Academic Bowl

Each year, SS-AAEA sponsors an academic bowl competition for undergraduate students at the AAEA Annual Meeting. Students compete on teams of three, which are affiliated with their school. The finals of the competition are held immediately preceding the AAEA Awards Ceremony, with an audience of all meeting attendees. The winning team receives $500.

The Academic Bowl Competition will be held on Monday, July 29 at 8:00 am – 2:00 pm followed by The Finals at 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm prior to the Awards Ceremony at the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting.
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2024 Local Food Economics Data Visualization Challenge

We are excited to announce a second year of the Local Food Economics Data Visualization Challenge!

What is the challenge?

Intended for graduate students in agricultural and applied economics, this challenge is an opportunity to practice your coding and data visualization skills, build your network, connect with mentors, learn about USDA AMS’ local food data tools and Regional Food Business Centers, and potentially receive travel support to attend the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA!
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New for 2024 FAMPS Section Poster Competition

Read more here: https://www.aaea.org/membership/sections/famps/aaea-annual-meeting

Call for submissions: AAEA invited paper sessions at the 2025 ASSA Annual Meeting

President-Elect Tim Beatty is soliciting proposals and suggestions for AAEA invited paper sessions at the 2025 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, January 3-5, 2025.

The objective of AAEA sessions at the ASSA Annual Meeting is to share new knowledge of interest to economists. The AAEA encourages sessions that will draw widely from ASSA attendees, including sessions jointly sponsored with other ASSA member associations.
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NARSC at ASSA/AEA Meetings

January 3-5, 2025,
San Francisco, CA

Drs. Sandy Dall’erba (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Dawn Thilmany (Colorado State University) are inviting submissions for the 2025 NARSC session at the AEA meeting (American Economic Association). The AEA meeting is one of the world’s largest meetings for Economists and in 2025 it will take place in San Francisco, CA: https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/future-annual-meetings

The theme of the 2025 NARSC-AEA session will be “Preparing today’s agrifood supply chain to the challenges of tomorrow”. All sectors, issues, techniques and applications related to this theme are welcome.

If interested, please submit your paper or long abstract (1-2 pages) including authors’ name, affiliation and contact information to Sandy Dall’erba at dallerba@illinois.edu by May 10, 2025. There is no fee for submission. A fee is to be paid to AEA once your paper is selected.

With best regards,
Sandy Dall’erba and Dawn Thilmany

Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Use in the Classroom and Academy

Deadline: June 30, 2024
Applied Economics and Teaching Resources is calling for manuscripts about use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics in undergraduate and graduate education in the classroom and across the academy. Submissions of case studies, teaching and extension scholarship and research, educational innovations and methods, extension education innovations and methods, and commentaries about use of artificial intelligence, including use of large language models (LLMs) and platforms, such as ChatGPT, Bing AI, Bard, amongst other, and data analytics in undergraduate and graduate education, extension education, and other learning venues in institutions of higher learning. This special issue is open to a wide array of topics related to artificial intelligence and data analytics across the agricultural and applied economics and agribusiness and management economics disciplines. Topics may include but are not limited to innovative use of AI and data analytics in the classroom; innovative data analytic teaching modules and teaching case studies; teaching case studies about the impact of AI on agriculture, the agricultural industry and society; ethical and academic concerning the use of AI in the academy; assessments of AI for different learning outcomes and tasks; and use of AI and data analytics in extension education programming.
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Call for Papers
Special Issue: Designing Agribusiness Education for Changing Student Demographics and Employer Needs

Deadline: June 30, 2024
Applied Economics and Teaching Resources is calling for manuscripts related to agribusiness education and curriculum. Agribusiness programs are simultaneously grappling with changing student demographics and evolving employer needs. Continued consolidation across all agricultural sectors means that fewer students are growing up on farms and ranches than in previous generations. Additionally, automation and technological change are rapidly transforming agricultural supply chains.  This change has contributed to a growing gap between the skills and knowledge sets that agribusiness programs prioritize and what employers within the food supply chain value (Johnson, Downey, and Holcomb, 2023). Agribusiness programs must both broaden their appeal to students without an agricultural background and adapt curriculum to ensure students are given the tools they need to thrive after graduation. Programs that achieve these objectives will help empower the next generation of problem solvers to grapple with increasingly intricate challenges within the food value chain. Departments that cannot meet these objectives may experience decreased enrollment and struggle to place graduates.
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Government Relations & Washington Update

May 2024

AAEA Meets with NASS Leadership to Discuss Program Changes
On April 25th, AAEA representatives met with leadership of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to discuss recently announced program changes. Among the changes are the discontinuation of the July Cattle report and the Cotton Objective Yield Survey, as well as all County Estimates for Crops and Livestock beginning with the 2024 production year. NASS stressed that the decision to discontinue these surveys and reports was not made lightly, but was necessary, given appropriated budget levels for fiscal year 2024. In addition, NASS has announced changes for the following programs: Citrus, Field Crops, Livestock, Mushrooms, Noncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut and Vegetables. In many cases, the program changes include a reduction in the number of individual states that will be reported. The non-published states will be accounted for as “Other States”.  AAEA reiterated its support for NASS and the critical importance of NASS data, while sharing concerns with NASS leadership about the impacts of the survey discontinuations and program changes.
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Other News

NBER Conference on Competition in the US Agricultural Sector

To promote research on competition in the agricultural sector and the consequences of the industrial organization of this sector for consumers as well as input suppliers, the National Bureau of Economic Research, with support from the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture, will convene a research conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 12, 2024. The conference will be organized by James MacDonald (University of Maryland) and Fiona Scott Morton (Yale University and NBER).

More details on the conference may be found at this link: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/competition-us-agricultural-sector. The deadline for submissions is September 3, 2024, and submissions should be of complete, or nearly complete, papers.

VIII Beeronomics Conference

The 2024 Beeronomics Conference will take place at University of Milan Bicocca, Italy, 19-22 June. Main panels and sessions will be held at the University of Bicocca main campus located in the heart of the city. The Conference Organising Committee, led by Christian Garavaglia, welcomes all high-quality research on the economics of beer and brewing.

Please find the official Conference Flyer/Call for Paper attached. Additional information about abstract submission and event details can be found on the conference's webpage: https://beeronomics2024.unimib.it/
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