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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.
AAEA President-Elect, Titus Awokuse will make appointments to the following 2026-2027 committees in June 2026:
 AAEA Trust- Awards
- Case Study Invited Paper
- Communications
- Employment Services
- Fellows Selection
- Finance
- Galbraith Forum and Award
- Membership
- Mentoring
- Nominating
- Selected Presentations
- T.W. Schultz Lecture
For information about these committees and a list of their current members, please visit http://www.aaea.org/about-aaea/aaea-committees.
Any AAEA member interested and willing to serve on a committee should fill out this online form. If you have any questions please contact Jeanne Rhodes (jrhodes@aaea.org) or (414) 918-3190 by April 30, 2026.
2026 AAEA Annual Meeting
Hotel
Room block is open at Kansas City Marriott Downtown for 2026 AAEA Annual Meeting
AAEA Group Rate: $194.00, plus 18.475% tax and a taxable $3.00 city development fee
Reservations must be received on or before June 29, 2026.
Please book a room using the AAEA Group Rate Link: https://book.passkey.com/e/51095123
2026 Pre-/Post-conference Workshop Overview
Registration for Pre-/Post-conference Workshops will open when registrations for the 2026 AAEA Annual Meeting opens in March.
Pre-conference Workshops
Saturday, July 25
PC11 BEER Section Craft Industry Tour
$100
11:30 am – 6:00 pm Depart Kansas City Marriott Main Lobby at 11 am
PC12 Mentoring Workshop
$135 - Only accepted applicants can register for the workshop
Location: Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Time: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Lunch Provided
PC13 AAEA Teaching Academy
Students $40, General $80
Location: Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Date/Time: 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Lunch Provided
PC14 Innovating for Sustainability
Students & ECP: $40, General $60
Location: Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Date/Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Lunch Provided
PC15 Workshop on Animal Health Economics: Aligning Research, Policy, and Collaboration
$50
Location: Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Date/Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Lunch Provided
PC16 Structural Transformation, Trade Integration, and Sustainability in East and Southeast Asian Agriculture: New Evidence, Methods, and Policy Implications
$15
Location: Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Date/Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Post-conference Workshops
Wednesday, July 29
PC51 Extension Section Agricultural Tour and Educational Session
$25
Location: American Royal (transportation provided)
Time: 8:30 am-11:30 am
Depart Marriott 8:00 am, return to Marriott by 12:00 pm
PC52 The Changing Landscape of U.S. Agricultural Comparative Advantage
$15
Location: Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Date: 8:30 am – 2:30pm
PC53 Bridging Research and Application: Emerging Developments in Agricultural Science, Data, and Finance
$75
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Date: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Departing Marriott at 7:30 am, transportation provided
“ToGo” lunch provided
Choices Magazine: Article(s) Highlight
Are H-2A Workers Always More Expensive to Hire Than Domestic Labor?
Naimul I. Bhuiyan, Joshua Emmanuel, and Cesar L. Escalante
The current methodology prescribes a single annual Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for H-2A nonrange field and livestock workers for each of 15 Farm Labor regions. Aggregated AEWRs at the commodity and regional levels result in domestic-H-2A wage differentials where domestic wages exceed the comprehensive H-2A compensation package in certain states.
Interested in publishing in Choices? Submit your Individual, Theme, or Data Visualizations here.
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 the 2026 AAEA Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO, July 26-28. 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.
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Exciting Updates from the Student Section of the AAEA!
We’re thrilled to share some big news — the SS-AAEA Journal has been renamed the Undergraduate Journal in Agricultural and Applied Economics! This new name reflects our continued commitment to showcasing outstanding undergraduate research in agricultural and applied economics.
To strengthen the journal and support our authors, we’ve also established a dedicated editorial board focused on enhancing the review process and overall quality of publications.
We invite you and your students to submit their research papers for consideration in upcoming issues of the journal. This is a great opportunity for undergraduate scholars to share their work with the broader academic community and gain valuable publishing experience.
You can find the submission guidelines, submission form, and past research papers on our website:
https://www.aaea.org/membership/sections/ss-aaea/ss-aaea-journal
AAEA at ASSA 2027
Call for submissions: AAEA invited paper sessions at the 2027 ASSA Annual Meeting
President-Elect Titus Awokuse is soliciting proposals and suggestions for AAEA Invited Paper sessions at the 2027 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC January 3-5, 2027.
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.
Proposals may be submitted until May 19, 2026, HERE
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Other News
International Summer School
“Experimental Auctions for Agricultural and Applied Economics: Theory and Applications”
The International Summer School “Experimental Auctions for Agricultural and Applied Economics: Theory and Applications” will provide intensive training on the theoretical foundations and practical implementation of experimental auctions in agricultural and applied economics. Participants will gain hands-on experience in designing, programming, running auctions in both laboratory and online environments, as well as in preregistration, power analysis, and auction data modelling. The program will provide guidance on interpreting results from auction-based studies and translating those findings into practical recommendations for stakeholders and policymakers. It will also include practical group work, presentations, and discussions, fostering critical reflection and the development of applied research skills.
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MSU International Workshop
Survey Design and Experimental Methods in Applied and Agricultural Economics
We are pleased to announce the International Workshop on “Survey Design and Experimental Methods in Applied and Agricultural Economics,” to be held from May 25 to May 29, 2026, at Michigan State University.
This year’s workshop features a new and expanded program. In addition to a strong focus on survey-based data construction, experimental auctions, and discrete choice experiments, the curriculum has been extended to include in-depth coverage of survey design and data collection, basket-based choice experiments, and field experiments, with applications across a wide range of policy contexts. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge, be introduced to state-of-the-art software tools, and design their own experimental applications through hands-on training.
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