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If you are interested in speaking to an AAEA member on a particular topic at the 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, please contact Allison Ware at aware@aaea.org or (414) 918-3190. Please keep in mind that no members are authorized to speak on behalf of the association. Any and all quotes and information provided by AAEA members do not necessarily reflect the views, positions, or opinions of AAEA.
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AAEA expects around 1,400 people to join us in person in Denver, CO, July 27- 29, 2025 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. The Annual Meeting is made up of Invited Paper Sessions, Invited Case Study Papers, Organized Symposia, Selected Presentation Lightning Session, Selected Presentation, and Track Sessions.
Invited Paper Sessions are selected by the AAEA President and two additional Board members based on proposals submitted by AAEA members. These sessions are chosen because they may appeal to a broad spectrum of meeting attendees, further the development and dissemination of systematic knowledge in the field of agricultural and applied economics, and/or generate meaningful conversation. Invited Paper sessions generally involve 2-3 paper presentations and ample opportunity for discussion. Invited papers may also be published in the proceedings issue of the Applied Economics Teaching Resources.
Invited Case Study Papers are selected by members of the Case Study Committee based on proposals submitted by AAEA members. Papers presented in this session demonstrate how the application of economics principles to decision making in the public and/or private sectors lead to better decisions. Papers presented in this session may be published in the proceedings issue of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Organized Symposia are selected by the AAEA President based on proposals submitted by AAEA members. They highlight work-in-progress and involve discussions of policy issues, research methods, emerging research results, teaching or outreach topics, and issues in professional organization. The format of a session may involve paper presentations, panel discussions, debates, roundtable meetings, or other formats.
Selected Presentation Lightning Sessions includes 8 Selected Paper Presentations. Each presenter will have 9-10 minutes to present and discuss their paper.
Selected Presentations refers collectively to Selected Papers and Selected Posters. Selected Paper Sessions include up to four paper presentations. Each paper presentation is given 20 minutes; 15 minutes to present and five minutes for discussion.
Track Sessions are a set of multiple sessions submitted by AAEA Sections, scheduled throughout the meeting and devoted to a common interest area or topic. Sessions can be organized by a single Section or by multiple Sections to cover a wider range of topics.
| Type: | Track Session - Sponsored by Econometrics Section |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Directors Row I |
| Date | July 28 |
| Time: | 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
This session showcases advances in econometric and economic modeling and their applications in agricultural and applied economics. The first paper developes global spatial difference-in-differences models and apply the models to study the impact of ultra-low emissions from coal power plants on air pollution in China. The second analyzes consumer boycotts in Korean food markets, offering insights into market resilience and public responses to environmental challenges. The third examines land use dynamics and the optimal portfolio of forest-driven ecosystem assets in the Appalachian mountains, emphasizing forests' role as carbon sinks. The fourth tests the "knife-edge" effect in choice experiments under strict consequentiality conditions, contributing to the understanding of incentive compatibility in stated preference methods. These studies demonstrate the importance of extending and improving econometric techniques to address complex environmental and consumer behavior issues, ultimately informing policy decisions and future research directions.
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Track Session - Sponsored by Agricultural Finance and Management Section (AFM) and Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics Section (CWAE) |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Directors Row I |
| Date: | July 29 |
| Time: | 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
Challenges and Opportunities for Women Producers and Entrepreneurs" examines critical issues faced by women in agriculture, focusing on credit access, management roles, and productivity. The four presentations include:
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Track Session - Sponsored by Agricultural Finance and Management Section (AFM) and Land, Water, and Environmental Economics Section (ENV) |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Court 1 |
| Date | July 29 |
| Time: | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
Solar farms are increasingly being placed on cropland and raising concerns and community opposition to diverting land from food crops. An emerging technological alternative to integrating solar energy on cropland is through agrivoltaics, that co-locates solar panels with agricultural production on the same land, with crops being grown underneath or in between panels. The first presentation will describe the changing landscape for solar generation on cropland and the farm and farmer characteristics of the adopters of small-scale solar. The second presentation will describe the public perceptions and attitudes about solar energy systems and agrivoltaics. The third presentation examines the profitability and risks associated with various configurations of agrivoltaics. The last presentation examines the economic and land use implications of alternative configurations of agrivoltaics and discusses conditions which it can mitigate the food vs fuel competition.
| Type: | Track Session - Sponsored by Extension Section |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Ballroom ABC |
| Date: | July 28 |
| Time: | 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
The policy outlook session will focus on contemporary, federal policy issues affecting agriculture. The presenters will provide insight from their unique perspectives and work for Congress, USDA, and related agencies. The presenters will discuss policy development and implementation addressing current and upcoming policy issues for agriculture as well as the role of economics in the process.
| Type: | Organized Symposium |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Directors Row H |
| Date | July 28 |
| Time: | 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
Bringing together experts from academia and government, this session will examine how food prices and pricing policies affect nutrition and health. Presenters will first share their expertise and ongoing work examining sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes, the relationship between SSB prices and BMI, broad junk food taxes such as the Navajo Nation Healthy Diné Nation Act, and healthy food subsidies including those funded by the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) in short (≤ 5 minutes) presentations. A panel discussion will follow, addressing questions regarding the function and effectiveness of pricing policies that impact nutrition and health, and related research challenges and opportunities.
| Type: | Organized Symposium |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Directors Row H |
| Date: | July 29 |
| Time: | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
The U.S.-China agricultural trade relationship has been through ups and downs since China joined the WTO in 2001. China became the number one agricultural importer globally and also for U.S. producers, but then reduced procurement from the U.S. during the 2018-2019 trade tensions only to shoot back up again in 2020-2022, but has tapered off since then as China has procured more from other countries. This session brings specialists in agricultural trade with China from government, academia, and industry to review the trade relationship over the last two decades and discuss possible future scenarios.
| Type: | Organized Symposium |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Directors Row H |
| Date: | July 28 |
| Time: | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
Before Federal policy actions are finalized, robust and objective economic analyses are needed to support the foundations on which the actions are based. The purpose of this symposia is to provide several diverse examples of policy actions to demonstrate the types of questions Federal agencies face, and foster a robust discussion about where we see gaps in academic knowledge and how academics can orient their research to increase the research’s potential to contribute meaningfully to the policy process. The session also aims to share the latest efforts by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service at increasing researcher access to USDA data.
| Type: | Track Session sponsored by the Agricultural Trade and Policy Section (ATP) |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Governors Square 10 |
| Date: | July 29 |
| Time: | 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
The US agri-food sector has experienced a rapidly declining trade balance, with 2019 being the first year in many decades the sector had a trade deficit. U.S. agri-food imports are increasing faster than exports, causing trade balance to go from a $14.8 billion surplus in 2016 to a $1.17 billion deficit in 2019 and again to a $2.39 billion deficit in 2022. The deficit quickly rose to $16.7 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach an unprecedented $32.5 billion by 2024, according to the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The surging deficit and persistent trend have become a pressing concern among policymakers and industry stakeholders. The three presentations address the causes and consequences of this trade deficit.
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Track Session sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) and Institutional and Behavioral Economics Section (IBES) |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Plaza Court 2 |
| Date: | July 28 |
| Time: | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
As digital environments expand across consumer and producer sectors, they generate valuable datasets to explore underexamined food marketing and policy questions. This session presents research on how digital advancements provide unique datasets for evaluating food environments and consumer behavior. The first presentation utilizes web-scraped data from food delivery platforms, such as Uber Eats and DoorDash, to analyze healthy diet costs, especially relevant as SNAP benefits extend to restaurants. The second study uses social media listening data to examine the impact of scandals surrounding imported avocados and bananas on U.S. consumer behavior. The final presentation explores consumer trust and demand for producer-side digitalization advancements like AI-informed blockchain-tracked dairy products. Dr. James Sears will lead a discussion on big data applications in food and agricultural economics.
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Track Session sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) and Food Safety and Nutrition Section (FSN) |
| Location: | Sheraton Denver Downtown, Governors Square 16 |
| Date: | July 29 |
| Time: | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
ERS recently introduced or revised several public-use data products that can be used for food policy research. These data products can be used to measure U.S. food supply and demand, food-related health outcomes, and nutrition assistance policy, filling important information gaps in the food-nutrition-health nexus. The session describes these data products, their potential applications in addressing relevant food policy questions either as a stand-alone dataset or in conjunction with other data, and how to access them. This session will appeal to graduate students seeking ideas and data for their dissertation to early- and late-career researchers, working on food policy questions and have limited exposure to ERS public-use data products.