Each year, the Extension Section in collaboration with the Graduate Student Section (GSS) puts on the Graduate Student Extension Competition. This competition provides graduate student competitors the opportunity to develop extension and outreach programs from their research. Cash prizes are awarded to the top three teams. Click here for more information and to apply to the competition that will take place at the 2025 AAEA & WAEA Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.
2024 Graduate Student Extension Competition Winners
- First place: Khashi Ghorbani, University of Illinois
- Second place: John Robinson, North Carolina State University
- Third place: Alexis Ghormley, Texas A&M University
2023 Graduate Student Extension Competition Winners
- First place: Elizabeth Thilmany, University of Maryland
- Second place: Jingyi Tong, Iowa State University
- Third place: Jack Myers, University of Maryland
2022 Graduate Student Extension Competition Winners
- First place: Hannah Baker, Oklahoma State University, "Patch-Burning and Grazing: Economic Analysis of Rangeland Management in the Great Plains": https://vimeo.com/735569203/a9ade4585b
- Second place: Kelsey Hopkins, Michigan State University, "Meating Demand: Have You Considered Supplying Religious Communities?" https://vimeo.com/735570085/1f0ada4e31
- Third place: Gerald Mashange, Kansas State University, "Dynamic Pro Forma Tool for Farmer Cooperatives" https://vimeo.com/735571055/aa6d5435fe
2021 Graduate Student Extension Competition Winners
- First Place: Sarah Sellars, University of Illinois
Evaluating Agricultural Carbon Markets - Second Place: Juo-Han Tsay (Becky), University of Illinois
Supplemental Area Insurance Plan - Third Place: Chelsea Arnold, Kansas State University
Knowing Your Worth: Negotiating Farmland Rent for Young Producers
2020 Graduate Student Extension Competition Winners
- First Place: Katie Wilts, University of Minnesota (Advisor: Joleen Hadrich)
Economic Feasibility of Cover Crops - Second Place: Molly DelCurto, Montana State University (Advisor: Kate Fuller)
To Insure or Not Insure? Spreading Awareness of the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance Program - Third Place: Jose Enrique Velasco Ortiz, Purdue University (Advisor: Ariana Torres)
PGR calculator: An Economic Feasibility Tool for PGRs for Shrub Maintenance
2019 Graduate Student Extension Competition Winners
- First Place: Hannah Shear, Kansas State University (Advisor: Dr. Dustin Pendell)
Implementation & Economic Impacts of a Traceability Program on Beef Industry Stakeholders - Second Place: Whitney Bowman, Kansas State University (Advisor: Dr. Dustin Pendell)
Beef Up Profitability: Where to Focus Management for Success - Third Place: Amber Roberts, University of Minnesota (Advisor: Joleen Hadrich)
Building Resilient Dairy Farms
2017 Graduate Student Extension Competition Winners
- First Place: Elizabeth Naasz, Colorado State University (Advisors: Dr. Becca Jablonski and Dr. Dawn Thilmany)
Using Market Assessments to Inform Producers and Benchmark Performance - Second Place: Luis Pena Levano, Purdue University (Advisor: Dr. Cesar Escalante)
Assessing The H2A Labor Program Implications for Southern Farmers - Third Place: Chad Te Slaao, South Dakota State University (Advisors: Dr. Lisa Elliott and Dr. Matt Elliott)
Feasibility of the Producer Accumulator Contract in Corn and Soybean Markets
2016 Graduate Student Extension Competition Winners
- First Place: Savanna Lyons, Iowa State University (Advisors: Dr. Georgeanne Artz, Dr. Keri L. Jacobs)
Fun with Metrics: Food Hub Financial Evaluation for Managers - Second Place: Anders Van Sandt, Colorado State University (Advisor: Dawn Thilmany)
Your Place on the Map: Exploring Opportunities for Developing Agritourism - Third Place: Luis Pena Levano, Purdue University (Advisors: Luis Lopez-Mathamba, Dr. Cesar Escalante, Dr. Humberto Thome)
SI-PAM Project
2015 Winners
- First Place: Luis Pena Levano, Purdue University (Advisor: Dr. Cesar Escalante)
- Second Place: Molly Van Dop, Purdue University (Advisor: Dr. Ben Gramig)
- Third Place: Misty Sharp, Colorado State University (Advisor: Dr. Dana Hoag)
2014 Winners
- First Place: Melissa McKendree, Kansas State University (Advisor: Dr. Glynn Tonsor)
- Second Place: Michelle Kibler, Colorado State University (Advisor: Dr. Dustin Pendell)
- Third Place: Alexandra Wright, University of Georgia (Advisors: Dr. Cesar Escalante, Dr. Joshua Berning)
2013 Winners
- First Place: Becca Jablonski, Cornell University
- Second Place: Michael Osei, South Dakota State University
- Third Place: Katie DuBreuil, Virginia Tech
2012 Winners
- First Place: Rebecca Goldbach, Colorado State University
- Second Place: David Widmar, Purdue University
- Third Place: Callie McAdams, Texas A&M University