The Exchange: Last President's Column from Barry Goodwin

President's Column July 2015 The AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting in San Francisco is just a few days away and we are looking forward to a full slate of outstanding presentations, activities, and opportunities for fellowship with new and old friends alike. I want to take this opportunity to again remind you of a few of the special events that we have planned. I am very excited that we have my former professor, current colleague, and dear friend, David Dickey, as our Sunday night keynote speaker. Dave is one of the most highly cited scholars working in quantitative economics and needs no professional introduction. I am also very pleased that Dan Sumner, another former professor as well as long-time friend and collaborator will be presenting the Fellow’s address Tuesday morning. I’ve been accused of stacking the program with my old professors. Indeed, it might be true and I plead guilty as charged, but I promise that you will greatly enjoy the intellect and insights these two accomplished academics and their presentations will bring to the quality of these meetings! We are also very pleased to have Professor Anne Case of Princeton as our Galbraith Forum Speaker. Dr. Case has published extensively in the fields of development, public economics, and health and we are all very much looking forward to what we know will be an informative and engaging talk. On Monday, the COSBAE, CWAE, and Extension Sections have a luncheon at which Secretary Karen Ross, who leads the California Department of Food and Agriculture, will be the featured speaker. The International Section and the IATRC have a banquet Monday night at which Dr. David Lobell of Stanford University, who is a prolific writer on climate change issues, will be speaking. This is my last column as AAEA President. I am very much looking forward to passing the torch and gavel to Jill McCluskey, our incoming AAEA President. I want to take advantage of what might be one of my last opportunities to address the membership as a whole. There are several personal thoughts that I’d like to share, with the full knowledge that we all see the world differently and each possess different ambitions, values, passions, and goals and that these comments may be of interest to no one but me. Read more>>	View The Exchange in Browser
AAEA News Today is your last day to register! Under Graduate Student Section Activities Announcement San Francisco On Demand Register for the 2015 Employment Center International Section: Announcement of Track Sessions International Section Track Session: Economics of Food Losses and Waste: What are the right questions? Agricultural Finance and Management (AFM) Section Track Sessions Call for Judges: SS-AAEA Academic Bowl Crop Insurance and the 2014 Farm Bill: Reports and Analyses from the Field Senior Section Track Sessions Obituary George Louis Casler Upcoming Deadlines

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The Exchange- President's Column, Member Profile, AAEA News, & More!

President's Column

Member Profile

• A Gene Nelson

AAEA News

• Housing and Registration is Open: 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting
• 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting: Abstract Decision
• Under Graduate Student Section Activities Announcement
• San Francisco On Demand
• Call for Participation: 2015 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association AEM/ Graduate Student Section Case Study Competition
• Extension Tour: Sonoma County Wine, Apple Cider, and Olive Oil
• Register for the 2015 Employment Center
• International Section: Announcement of Track Sessions
• International Section Track Session: Economics of Food Losses and Waste: What are the right questions?
• Agricultural Finance and Management (AFM) Section Track Sessions
• Call for Judges: SS-AAEA Academic Bowl
• Crop Insurance and the 2014 Farm Bill: Reports and Analyses from the Field

Government Relations Update

• Budget and Appropriations
• C-FARE Events
• Nominations
• Reports

Other News

• International Agricultural Risk, Finance, and Insurance Conference (IARFIC)

Upcoming Deadlines

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Note: The Exchange is now distributed bi-weekly. The People Section will continue to be bi-monthly and is scheduled to next appear in July 2015. Click here to view the most recent People Section from Issue 10.

The Exchange - Released Today

 Meet AAEA 2015 Fellow: C. Peter Timmer

AAEA News

• Housing and Registration is Open: 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting
• 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting: Abstract Decision
• Call for submissions: 2016 ASSA Annual Meeting
• 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting Post-Conference Workshop
• 2015 Extension Competition for Graduate Students
• Under Graduate Student Section Activities Announcement
• San Francisco On Demand
• Call for Selected Poster Reviewers
• Renew Your AAEA Membership for 2015
• Call for Participation: 2015 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association AEM/ Graduate Student Section Case Study Competition
• Extension Tour: Sonoma County Wine, Apple Cider, and Olive Oil
• Register for the 2015 Employment Center
• International Section: Announcement of Track Sessions
• International Section Track Session: Economics of Food Losses and Waste: What are the right questions?
• Agricultural Finance and Management (AFM) Section Track Sessions

Other News

• International Agricultural Risk, Finance, and Insurance Conference (IARFIC)
• Crop Insurance and the 2014 Farm Bill: Reports and Analyses from the Field
• AJAE Virtual Issue

Upcoming Deadlines

Meet AAEA’s 2015 Fellows

The AAEA Fellows Selection Committee has selected six outstanding members to be honored as the 2015 AAEA Fellows. All of the Fellow recipients have made exceptional contributions to the profession. They are leaders shaping the future of the Association and the field of agricultural and applied economics as a whole.

Meet the 2015 AAEA Fellows are:

• C. Peter Timmer, Harvard University
• Ariel Dinar, University of California, Riverside
• Alan Olmstead, University of California, Davis
• J. Edward Taylor, University of California, Davis
• Jayson Lusk, Oklahoma State University
• James MacDonald, USDA Economic Research Service

In the upcoming issues of The Exchange, you can learn more about one of the fellows with a detailed biography of achievements in their career. You can also read about them by searching for our hashtag on Facebook and Twitter: #MeetAAEA2015Fellows.

*New- The Exchange

AAEA News  Renew your AAEA Membership Call for Award Nominations: 2015 AAEA Annual Awards Call for Selected Poster Reviewers Call for Proposals: Organized Symposia Call for Abstracts: Selected Presentations, Papers and Posters 2015 IBES Student Paper Competition C-FARE Update Appropriations and Budget DC Activities and Coalitions Nominations and Opportunities

*New* Choices & The Exchange

 

Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources
Lucija Muehlenbachs and Sheila Olmstead

One of the most contentious issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing is the potential for negative impacts on water resources. These include impacts on both available water quantities and water quality. There is quickly growing scientific literature investigating these impacts to guide communities and policy makers.

 

AAEA News

• Call for Selected Poster Reviewers
• Call for Proposals: Organized Symposia
• Call for Abstracts: Selected Presentations, Papers and Posters

Other News

• 2015 Annual Meeting of the SCC-76
• UW Australia- FREE online course on Agriculture, Economics and Nature
• Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research: Special Issue

NEW: Choices article & The Exchange

 

Shale Development and Agriculture

Shale development affects agriculture in diverse ways. Farmers receiving royalty payments may invest in their agricultural business, switch agricultural activities, or work less. However, competition for labor, water, land, and infrastructure, as well as land or water contamination accidents, can reduce farm profitability.

Claudia Hitaj, Andrew Boslett, and Jeremy G. Weber

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The Exchange- released today!

In this release of The Exchange read about:

• The President's message to the members
• All the Calls for Proposals and Applications for the upcoming AAEA/WAEA Joint Annual Meeting in San Francisco
• All the people be recognized by the top Agriculture and Economic schools in the country
• Our member in the spotlight - Ashok K. Mishra and why he is currently in this field
• Other opportunities for all levels of members.

 
What are you waiting for? Get reading, and let us know what you think in the comments below!

Read the entire issue of The Exchange

New Choices article & The Exchange

AAEA News

• Member Profile: B. Wade Brorsen 
• Call for Applications: Editorship of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics
• Call for Proposals: Pre/Post-Conference Workshops
• Call for Proposals: Invited Paper Sessions
• Call for Proposals: Case Study Invited Paper Sessions
• Call for Proposals: Track Sessions Sponsored by AAEA Sections
• Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar

Other News

• Read selected papers from the 2013 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting
• A Call for Papers on the topic: “The Implications of TTIP and TPP for GM/non-GM Coexistence”
• 18th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis: “Information for the Policy Maker: Practical Economic Modelling for Tomorrow”
• 23rd Annual Short Course in Global Trade Analysis: “Introduction to Applied General Equilibrium Analysis in a Multi-Region Framework”
• 2015-2 GTAP 101 Course: “Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Modeling”

• 2015 Short Course in Dynamic Global Trade Analysis: “Dynamic Modeling and Applications in Global Economic Analysis” 

Read the entire issue

 The Potential Economic Cost and Response to Greening in Florida Citrus

Citrus greening is a plant disease that reduces the marketable yield of infected citrus trees and often makes them economically unprofitable. Since its observation in Florida in 2005, greening has spread throughout the state and caused significant economic losses for citrus producers.

Derek Farnsworth, Kelly A. Grogan, Ariena H.C. van Bruggen, and Charles B. Mos

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New Exchange newsletter & Choices article!

Travel Grants for Economists from Low Income & Lower-Middle Income Countries

During the 2014 AAEA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, AAEA welcomed the 2014 recipients of the Travel Grants for Economists from low and lower-middle income countries. These individuals were selected from more than 40 applicants to the travel grant program to attend the meeting, network, and present their research in a Selected Paper session. More information about past winners of the LI-LMI Travel Grant program and the 2015 call for nominations can be found on the AAEA website.

AAEA News

• Call for Nominations: Travel Grants for Economists from Low Income & Lower-Middle Income Countries
• Call for Applications: Editorship of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics
• Member Profile: John Loomis
• Member Profile: Rob King
• Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar

C-FARE Update

Other News

• Call for Applications: Competitive Research Grants to Develop Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions

President's Column: Quality, Mutual Mentoring, and the AAEA Culture of Engagement

I began my term as President thinking and writing about how we, as professionals and as a professional association, define and certify the quality of our work as agricultural and applied economists. I noted that in our work in academia, government, and the private and non-profit sectors, we face common questions about quality standards, certification to those standards, and communicating about quality among ourselves and with others. As my term as President draws to a close, I believe these issues continue to be at the heart of how AAEA serves you, our members, and society. The AAEA Board’s on-going strategic planning is focused on supporting high quality work through communicating our work out through multiple outlets; innovating with our annual meeting, stand-alone symposia, and other AAEA events; and supporting mentoring programs.

Our association is built on a foundation of mutual mentoring and a culture of engagement. At my home institution, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, our Center for Teaching and Faculty Development describes the Mutual Mentoring approach as recognizing that individuals will need and want mentorship from a network of mentors, each of whom has specific strengths to offer in terms of perspective and advice. The mutual mentoring approach also recognizes that mentoring is rarely one-way; the mentor learns from the mentee as well as vice versa, making for a mentoring partnership. Importantly, an individual’s mentoring network can be significantly strengthened through mutual mentoring relationships with others who are at a similar career stage be it, for example, undergraduate or graduate student, assistant professor, new researcher at a government agency, associate or full professor, or new chair or branch chief. Each of these career stages demands the development of new abilities by us as individuals. As your professional organization, AAEA through its members and staff provides platforms for effective mutual mentoring to take place, with a special emphasis on early career professionals. Strengthening and building opportunities for mutual mentoring is in my view a key direction for AAEA in the next years.

Mutual mentoring is also a major component of the AAEA’s Culture of Engagement. Our upcoming annual meeting in Minneapolis embodies this high level of engagement with plenary sessions, invited papers, symposia, presented papers, posters, Section Tracks, and undergraduate and graduate competitions where you and your colleagues will be presenting your work and receiving direct feedback that supports the quality of your work. And no doubt that mutual mentoring will extend to conversations during coffee breaks, receptions, and other opportunities to meet and exchange ideas. I look forward to meeting and talking with you in Minneapolis! I also look forward to welcoming Jill McCluskey as President-Elect taking office at this meeting and David Just and Holly Wang who will be taking office as Directors.

The Culture of Engagement is supported by the very high quality of involvement of AAEA members in all aspects of AAEA’s work. I thank the Committee Chairs and Members who agreed to take on important roles in guiding the association this year and the Leadership of the Sections, all of whom served so well. I also thank our AAEA staff Brian Mondragón Jones (Executive Director), Sarah Kenner, Kristen Wright, Anna Douangphachanh, and Angela Ludwig for their dedicated and very effective management of the AAEA.

And, finally, our association has benefitted greatly from the service of Richard Sexton (Past-President), Jayson Lusk (Director), and Dawn Thilmany McFadden (Director) over the last three years. Thank you for your commitment to the AAEA’s Culture of Engagement.

See you all in Minneapolis!

Julie Caswell
AAEA President

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AAEA Trust Announced

AAEA has renamed its Foundation the AAEA Trust, and has made some significant changes in the way it operates. The two biggest changes are: 1) members who donate to the Trust can now direct their donations to support specific projects and 2) donations received between now and the 2011 Annual Meeting will have double the impact.

The Exchange to Become E-Newsletter

Starting with the May/June issue, AAEA's newsletter The Exchange will be published as an e-newsletter. This means that printed versions of the newsletter will no longer be mailed to AAEA members. Instead, an interactive e-mail will be sent to each member containing links to each of the stories in that particular issue.