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June 2019, Issue 12

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June 13, 2019

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AAEA News

2019 AAEA Election

Congratulations to our newly elected leaders in AAEA!

President-Elect

Director

Housing and Registration are OPEN
2019 AAEA Annual Meeting

About 1,400 participants are expected to attend the 2019 AAEA Annual Meeting, which will take place on July 21-23 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta.

Registration Type Advanced
(May 23- July 2)
On-Site
(July 3 and after)
Professional Member $510 $585
Professional Non-member $660 $735
Senior Member $400 $475
Senior Non-member $520 $595
Graduate Student Member $140 $180
Graduate Student Non-member $295 $340
Guest Registration* $60 per guest
*Guest Registration: Attendees are encouraged to bring spouses, friends, and family to the Annual Meeting. All such attendees must register as guests in order to participate in meeting activities, at the cost of $60 per guest. Children under the age of 16 may attend the meeting for free. Guests include any interested party not professionally in the field of agricultural economics or applied economics, or a related discipline. Registered guests will receive a name badge and are invited to attend the Welcome Reception at no additional charge.



















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Business Meeting
2019 AAEA Annual Meeting

Monday, July 22, 2018, 8:00 am–8:30 am

AAEA’s annual Business Meeting will be held during the annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, on Monday, July 22 in Marquis C & D. This meeting gives members the chance to hear about the state of the association. Updates will be given by the AAEA President, the Finance Committee, and the AAEA Trust Committee. Additionally, Board members and Editors who are completing their terms will be recognized for their service. Lastly, those in attendance will be given an opportunity to voice any questions or concerns that they may have. A copy of the agenda is available online. We hope you’ll join us in Atlanta!

Register for the 2019 AAEA Employment Center
2019 AAEA Annual Meeting

AAEA invites and encourages you to register for the 2019 AAEA Annual Meeting Employment Center, taking place July 21-23 in Atlanta, GA. This is a great opportunity for employers to connect with potential candidates.

Employers who register may post open positions on the AAEA Job Board, view resumes of applicants who are participating in the Employment Center, and they may also utilize a table in the Annual Meeting Employment Center to conduct in-person interviews with applicants.

Applicant registration is FREE. Please note: Applicants must be registered for the Annual Meeting in order to participate in the Employment Center.

For more information, please visit the online Employment Center. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Sarah Kenner. We hope to see you in Atlanta! Register Online.

2019 Registered Employers (as of June 4, 2019):

  • Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
  • USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  • USDA Economic Research Service

AEM/Graduate Student Section Case Study Competition
2019 AAEA Annual Meeting

The Agribusiness Economics and Management/Graduate Student Section Case Study Competition allows graduate students to test their communication skills and their ability to apply their knowledge of agricultural economics and agribusiness subjects to practical situations. Students competing in the competition will receive a copy of the case study at least two weeks in advance of the AAEA annual meetings.
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Undergraduate Student Section:
2019 AAEA Annual Meeting Activities

On behalf of the Undergraduate Student Section of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, we cordially invite you and your students to attend and participate in the AAEA Annual Meeting in Atlanta. Our section offers a wide variety of professional development opportunities for undergraduate students of agricultural and applied economics:

  • Academic Bowl Competition
  • Student Paper Competition
  • Earl O. Heady Decision Sciences Spreadsheet Competition
  • Outstanding Chapter Competition
  • Creative Club Competition

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CREDO to meet at 2019 AAEA Annual Meeting

The Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization (CREDO) is an international society of hundreds of economists, including agricultural economists, who are interested in the conversation between the Catholic faith and economic research as it applies to the economy, the Church, and broader society. (See https://credo-economists.org/ for more information.) This year, we are hosting the second meeting of this group at the AAEA Annual Meeting at a lunch on Monday, July 22nd from 1:00 pm-2:30 pm. The meeting and lunch are preceded by 12:10 mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 353 Peachtree Street NE, a short walk from the conference hotel. All are welcome at the lunch meeting and mass. Please RSVP as soon as possible to Craig Gundersen (cggunder@illinois.edu), so we can get an estimate on the number of attendees for the lunch. In addition, please contact Craig with any questions, comments, etc., you may have.

Call for Applications
Editor of Choices Magazine

The AAEA Board is seeking applications for a co-editor of Choices Magazine to help further the strategic goals of the publication as a resource for readers interested in the policy and management of agriculture, the food industry, natural resources, rural communities, and the environment. Choices Magazine currently reaches over 2700 non-member subscribers, but there is room to grow.
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Call for Papers
Applied Economics Teaching Resources

AETR is a new online open access publication sponsored by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association for high end research and scholarship in the areas of teaching, education and extension in the fields of agricultural economics, agribusiness, applied economics and related disciplines.
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Other News

2019 Call for Research Reports, Updates, and Outreach Writing
Food Distribution Research Society Annual Conference

The Food Distribution Research Society invites submissions of Research Reports, Research Updates, and Outreach Writing for the 2019 Annual Conference to be held in Seattle WA from October 18-22, 2019. Work related to any food distribution area from the farm gate through retail to the consumer is welcome at FDRS.
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2019 International Conference on Agricultural and Food Science

2019 International Conference on Agricultural and Food Science (ICAFS 2019) to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during December 8-11, 2019. For more details please visit https://icafs.apaset.org/2019/
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AAEA is releasing "Members in the News" emails to the membership. If you find a State, National or International stories about an AAEA Member, please send a link of the story to Sinais Alvarado via email, salvarado@aaea.org or info@aaea.org.

What research and topics are you working on? Want to be an expert source for journalists working on a story? We want to hear from you. Contact Allison Scheetz in the AAEA Business Office via email, ascheetz@aaea.org.

 
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Anti-Harassment and Code of Conduct Policy

AAEA is committed to the fair, ethical treatment of all of its members and all other individuals participating in AAEA activities or activities connected with, or related to, AAEA activities, while providing an atmosphere that promotes a variety of research, teaching and extension/outreach activities. The AAEA has zero tolerance for, and prohibits any type of, discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment, within the organization, at professional meetings, in the field, or anywhere professional activities are conducted under the aegis of the AAEA. As a registered meeting attendee, you are agreeing to read and follow this policy.