January 2025, Issue 2
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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. 2025 AAEA Awards
The deadline for all Award Nominations is February 5, 2025. 2025 AAEA Membership Renewal We invite and encourage you to renew your AAEA membership for 2025! Renewing ensures that you’ll stay connected with your association and peers. It also gives you the chance to be engaged with leading edge work being done by our members and support your AAEA through the activities of the association. An active and engaged membership is the lifeblood of our AAEA. We appreciate all that you do to support AAEA and hope that you will take advantage of the opportunities that are available to connect with and engage your peers, the profession, and AAEA. If you have any questions about AAEA or about opportunities for becoming involved, please do not hesitate to contact us anytime at info@aaea.org or by phone at (414) 918-3190. Defining and Developing a Professional Brand - CWAE Networking Series CWAE is excited to invite you to our upcoming Professional Development & Networking Series event, focusing on "Developing and Designing a Professional Brand.” Event Details:
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Health Economics Section Panel Discussion on Food Is Medicine Featuring Hollie Raynor (University of Tennessee), Michelle Shippy (Indiana Department of Health), and Wen You (University of Virginia) When: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 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. 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting
Choices Magazine: Article Highlight Automatic Milking Systems: Labor-Savings Route or Costly Gamble for Dairy Farmers? Alejandro Gutiérrez-Li, Grace Melo, Shaheer Burney, Cesar Escalante, and Shree Ram Acharya 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>> Other News Agricultural History Society Award for Public Engagement The Award Winner(s) will demonstrate:
The Effland-Grim-Reid Award Committee will adjudicate the competition. Please submit all materials to aghistorysociety@gmail.com as a single PDF document. More information about this award can be found here: Agricultural History Society Award for Public Engagement — Agricultural History Society
Seeking Equitable Pathways to Community Disaster Resilience In this program, students will engage in cutting-edge research, develop valuable skills, and contribute to important societal challenges like:
Call for Posters The Farm Financial Standards Council invites all Students, Instructors, and Industry Professionals to prepare Posters for presentation during the Council’s 2025 Annual Conference which will be held July 23 - 25 in Lexington, KY. Abstract (250 words) submission deadline: March 1, 2025. All materials should be sent directly to: contact@ffsc.org |
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