NCCC-134 Call for Papers

The NCCC-134 Multi-state Research Coordinating Committee on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management invites paper proposals for presentation at its upcoming conference to be held April 19-20, 2027 in Chicago, Illinois. We are excited to meet again in Chicago, a global hub of commodities trading.  

We encourage paper proposals on all aspects of commodity price analysis and risk management, especially those related to agricultural commodities and agribusiness risk management. Proposed papers should emphasize applied research. The deadline for submissions is November 20, 2026. The Committee will notify all submitting authors of their decision by January 2027.  One author must be registered for the meeting by February 2027. Completed papers are due in June 2027 for posting in the NCCC-134 paper archive.

Full instructions on how to submit, including format (a two page extended abstract) and a sample proposal, plus other information about the conference can be found on the NCCC-134 website. Please share this call widely and encourage your colleagues, collaborators, and graduate students to submit and attend the conference.

Contact us

More information about NCCC-134 can be found on the NCCC-134 website. Questions about future programs can be directed to NCCC-134 co-chair Andres Trujillo-Barrera. Questions about future meeting logistics can be directed to NCCC-134 co-chair Joe Janzen.

We hope to see you all in Chicago next April!

Joe Janzen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Andres Trujillo-Barrera, University of Idaho

NCCC-134 co-chairs

Call for Paper Proposals NCCC-134

The NCCC-134 Committee on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management will host its 2022 Conference on April 25-26, 2022 at the Holiday Inn St. Louis --- Downtown Conv Ctr, St. Louis, Missouri.

General Topics

Proposed papers should emphasize applied research. We encourage papers on commodity price forecasting, farm and agribusiness risk management, futures and options markets, as well as price analysis problems or issues. Please submit work that will be completed by April 2022 on these and the following topics in commodity markets:

• Supply, demand, and price behavior
• Improved forecasting methods
• Improved risk management procedures
• Futures and options markets

Proposal Format

Submit a two-page (double spaced) prospectus which contains the following.

1. Statement of the problem
2. Data and empirical procedures
3. Research objectives
4. Likely results and practical implications

Proposals SHOULD NOT IDENTIFY AUTHORS to protect their anonymity in the review process. Proposals should be Adobe Acrobat files (pdf) and the file names should not contain author names. An example proposal is posted at our website (http://www.farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134/submissions.html).

Submission Procedure

Authors should submit their proposals through online submission system by following that e link https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/NCCC1342022. Submissions must be made by November 15, 2021.

1. If you have not submitted through this system in the past, you will need to create a user account by clicking the “Registration” tab in the online system.
2. After you log in to the system, click “+ Create new submission” in the Author Console.
3. Enter the title of your proposal.
4. The section “AUTHORS” should list your e-mail address, Name, Organization, and Country.
5. To add more authors, please enter the e-mail address of your co-author and click “+ Add.” Fill in the fields to provide the name, organization, and country of your co-author and click “+ Add.” Repeat this process to add more co-authors.
6. To upload your proposal click “Upload from Computer” and select the file.
7. Click “Submit.”

Submission Decisions

Screening committee will notify all submitting authors of their decision in December 2021. Successful authors must complete and submit their research presentation by April 18, 2022. Completed manuscripts are due on June 1, 2022 for digital publication.

See you in 2022!

NCCC-134 Committee Co-Chairs

Olga Isengildina Massa (oimassa@vt.edu)

Mindy Mallory (mlmallor@purdue.edu)