March 2025, Issue 5

Upcoming Deadlines

April 1, 2025

• AEPP Editor Applications

May 2, 2025

• Call for Committee Volunteers

May 9, 2025

• Extension Competition

May 21, 2025

• AAEA at ASSA 2026 Submissions

May 23, 2025

• Travel Grant Applications

May 30, 2025

• FAMPS Poster Competition

June 24, 2025

• AAEA hotel room block closes

View in Web Browser












 

AAEA News

President-Elect Seeks Volunteers for AAEA Committees

Committees drive the direction and impact of the AAEA by influencing its activities and awards. Please consider shaping the AAEA’s future by volunteering for one of the committees listed below. Committee service also offers an excellent opportunity for developing contacts, refining leadership skills, and increasing professional networking.

Any AAEA member interested and willing to serve on a committee should contact Jeanne Rhodes at jrhodes@aaea.org or (414) 918-3190 by May 2, 2025.
Read more>>

2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting
Hotel Room Block - OPEN

Please book using the AAEA Group rate here:
https://book.passkey.com/e/50926533

2025 AAEA Annual Meeting Travel Grants

These grants defray housing and transportation costs associated with attending the 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, July 27 - 29, 2025. The amount of the travel grant awarded will depend on the number of applications received. There are Travel Grants for both International and Domestic travel and the deadline to apply for either is May 23, 2025.

2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting Workshops Preview

Additional details on workshops located on the annual meeting webpage: https://www.aaea.org/meetings/2025-aaea-annual-meeting/events/ticketed-events/pre--and-post-conference-workshops
 

Pre-Conference Workshops     
Saturday, July 26, 2025

• (PC11) BEER Section Craft Industry Tour
• (PC12) Inside Look into Ardent Mills: Challenges and Opportunities in the U.S. Flour Milling Industry & Implications on Agribusiness Strategy
• (PC13) AAEA Teaching Academy
• (PC14) Leadership Development for Agricultural and Applied Economics
• (PC15) The New Economics of Food Security and Nutrition

Post-Conference Workshops    
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

• (PC51) Extension Section Tour
• (PC52) Honoring the Career and Contributions of Richard E. Just
• (PC53) Reducing the Labor of Beginning Agricultural Labor Economics Research: An Introduction to the AAEA Labor Economics Section
• (PC54) Small-Scale Urbanization as a Catalyst for Rural Transformation: Comparative Insights from the U.S., China, and the Global South

2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting Ticketed Luncheons

Monday, July 28, 2025                                                                              11:30 am – 1:00 pm 
Additional details on speaker coming soon

• COSBAE, CWAE and Africa Sections Speaker Series and Luncheon
• Extension Section Speaker Series and Luncheon

2025 AAEA FAMPS Poster Competition

FAMPS proposes to host a poster session at the 2025 Annual Meeting, similar to the one hosted at 2024 meeting.  The objective of the poster session is to provide a forum for researchers with more limited professional networks, like graduate students and beginning faculty, to be recognized for innovative and high-quality research in poster sessions.  These researchers might be less likely to participate in track sessions, and thus attend the annual meeting, than researchers with stronger professionally networks.  This recognition could also be helpful to some researchers at the beginning stages of their career.
Read more>>

The 2025 Extension Competition for Graduate Students

2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting
Denver, CO July 27-29

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.
Read more>>

Call for Volunteers: Senior Discussant for Selected Presentations - Paper Sessions

Members wishing to get involved may volunteer for an essential role as a senior-level discussant for Selected Paper Sessions at our 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, July 27-29, 2025.  A discussant will be assigned to a Selected Presentation Paper Session whose topic area correlates with the discussant’s expertise.  The discussant would be tasked with reviewing the papers within their session, provide constructive feedback and stimulate discussion.  The goal is to make these sessions more impactful and meaningful.

Discussants will receive their session assignment and session details in mid to late June. Please click here to volunteer! If you have any questions, please contact the AAEA Business Office at info@aaea.org or (414) 918-3190.
Read more>>

Call for Applications
Editorship of the Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy

The AAEA Executive Board invites ap­plications for one Submitted Article Editor for Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy (AEPP) to serve from 2026 through 2029. The editor will manage submitted manuscripts containing original research results addressing real-world problems with sound research approaches and/or have strong policy relevance within the subject matter of the journal. The degree to which the candidate’s expertise complements that of the continuing editors will be considered in the selection process. AAEA is particularly interested in candidates who will bring ideas and innovations to help AEPP further its mission. Applica­tions should be sent electronically as one PDF-file to Allison Ware, the Senior Communications & Membership Manager, at aware@aaea.org by April 1, 2025.
Read more>>

Choices Magazine: Article Highlight

Grand Challenge: To Ensure That All People Have Safe, Affordable, Accessible, and Acceptable Food for Leading a Healthy and Active Life
Norbert Wilson, Lauren Chenarides, Jane Kolodinsky, and Kathryn Boys
According to The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021, 2.37 billion people regularly face food security challenges. Additionally, the USDA Economic Research Service reported that 10.5% of U.S. households (13.8 million households) were food insecure (Rabbitt, et al. 2023). The COVID-19 pandemic challenged food access for some, especially the most vulnerable portions of society, including the low-income, elderly, and children. Additionally, COVID-19 shed light on the importance of the global food supply chain and the need to support its resiliency.

Interested in publishing in Choices? Submit your Individual, Theme, or Data Visualizations here.

AAEA at 2026 ASSA Annual Meeting

Call for submissions: AAEA invited paper sessions at the 2026 ASSA Annual Meeting

President-Elect Brian Roe is soliciting proposals and suggestions for AAEA invited paper sessions at the 2026 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, January 3-5, 2026.

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.

All speakers and discussants must be members of AAEA, although the proposal may request a membership waiver under special circumstances. Participants must register for the ASSA meeting.

Please send proposals by May 21, 2025, in Word or PDF format to Mary Annen at mannen@aaea.org. Read more>>

Government Relations & Washington Update

March 2025

House Passes Budget Resolution
On February 25^th, House Republicans were successful in passing a budget resolution by a vote of 217-215. It was a party-line vote, with only one Republican voting against the resolution. The House is taking the approach of one major bill to address border security, defense and energy priorities as well as provide $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. The resolution directs committees to cut at least $1.5 trillion in spending over the 10-year budget window including $230 billion from USDA. It is likely that most of the USDA cuts would come from nutrition programs. The reduction in USDA spending could complicate the farm bill process by making fewer resources available for a new bill and drawing opposition from Democrats who strongly disagree with reducing nutrition spending.  The Senate is also working to advance a budget resolution, but they are pursuing a two-bill strategy with one that would cover border and defense issues and another that addresses taxes. In order to utilize the budget reconciliation mechanism, the two chambers will ultimately have to reach agreement on the scope and approach and pass identical resolutions.
Read more>>

Other News

Call for Papers
Risk and Risk Management in the Agricultural Economy

November 21, 2025 — Cambridge, MA
To promote research on the risks that are borne by individuals and firms in the agricultural sector, and on the tools that are available to manage these risks, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), with the support of the Economic Research Service at the US Department of Agriculture, will convene a research conference in Cambridge, MA on Friday, November 21, 2025. The conference will be organized by Barry Goodwin (North Carolina State University) and Tatyana Deryugina (University of Illinois and NBER). 
Read more>>

International Workshop on “Survey Design & Experimental Methods in Applied and Agricultural Economics”

We would like to bring the International Workshop on “Survey Design & Experimental Methods in Applied and Agricultural Economics” to your attention.

The workshop will cover theoretical and practical knowledge regarding surveys and experimental methods. In addition, delegates will be familiarized with state-of-the-art software, and will design their own practice experiment through hands-on training.
Read more>>