From the Executive Director
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In the United States, we are only a few days from our Thanksgiving holiday, which is a time to reflect on life’s bounty with gratitude. It’s also a time to enjoy family and friends, and to prepare for the full-on sprint to Christmas and New Year’s. I’m grateful for a lot including the ASABE Foundation and all the work it does to support ASABE. The Giving Tuesday campaign just launched and Membership Development Council Chair McKensie Nelms created an inspiring video on why to give. It moved me to give, and I hope you do too.
A few months back I shared my plans to retire and since received many well wishes. Thank you. I’m pleased to report that progress is being made to identify my replacement. Tuft & Associates is the retained search firm, and they are actively visiting with potential candidates. It’s a challenging yet rewarding job. If you or someone you know is potentially interested, find out more and apply.
Darrin J. Drollinger
Executive Director
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E-06: Here to Help You Change the World
ASABE members change the world with their work, and ASABE exists to support your transformative ideas. We can help even when those ideas seem out of reach.
The Foundation Liaison committee (E-06) assists the Society and Foundation boards by connecting big, creative ideas and partnerships with funding. The committee is seeking both projects in need of funding and prospective donors (individuals and organizations) who share our vision for a sustainable future. The committee is especially interested in big projects that need outside fundraising and can inspire more people to donate to ASABE. Proposals that include partnerships—especially ones that could lead to new standards or involve more of the Society—are great too.
If you know of opportunities for funding, have a promising idea that should be considered for funding, or if you're interested in learning about our pilot Ambassadors program, we'd love to hear from you. Contact E-06 Chair Brian Huenink, and check out the review criteria and application format here: E-06 and Project Funding.
Look for more information about E-06 in the next issue of Resource magazine and learn more about the projects chosen for the spotlight in 2025.
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Giving Back Fund Welcomes Proposals
ASABE members have servants' hearts and can often be found sharing their engineering expertise with vulnerable communities. The University of Minnesota's Engineers Without Borders team, shown above, is just one example: The team established a community-building urban garden in St. Paul. And they earned valuable support for their project from ASABE's Giving Back Fund. Established in 2013, the Giving Back Fund supports and showcases the expertise and impact of agricultural and biological engineers.
If you're engaged in or considering a humanitarian engineering project that could use a financial boost, the Giving Back Fund can help. Submissions are due to ASABE headquarters by December 31 of each year.
Learn more, and contact Dolores Landeck for additional information.
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ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING
July 13 –16, 2025
Toronto, Ontario
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The call for abstracts is open for the 2025 AIM! The decennial joint CSBE/ASABE Annual International Meeting is in Toronto, July 13–16.
Submit your abstract now through January 18 to one of over 100 oral and poster sessions. A complete list of all of the technical sessions is available on the AIM website. |
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Links to submit your CPD, social, or networking event are also available now. If you are interested in hosting a breakfast or evening social, perhaps a business meeting for your community, now is the time to submit your request! Go to the agenda page for details. Prepare now!
Do you need a visa? Is your passport up to date? Find out what traveling to Canada will require.
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February 9–12, 2025
Louisville, Kentucky
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Celebrate 30 years of the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference!
Registration for AETC is open now through January 5 at the early bird rates. Watch asabe.org/AETC2025 for details on sessions and courses that will be offered.
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Students have a unique opportunity at AETC to attend for free! Through the generous support from our student sponsors, John Deere and CNH, we are able to offer free registration to a limited number of students (ASABE member graduate or undergraduate students). This includes attending the Student and Industry Social, Monday's Keynote Speaker lunch, and Tuesday's AE50 Awards lunch. While you are there, present a poster during the Student Poster Session and Competition for a chance to win a Visa gift card. Visit the website to find all the details about registering and poster submission. Deadline for both is January 31.
Interested in becoming a sponsor or exhibitor? There are many options to get involved. As always, feel free to let us know if you have something in mind that you don't see on the form. Contact Liz Metts with questions.
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January 11-17, 2026
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
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ASABE is pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the Global Symposium on Sustainable Microirrigation Advances: Drop to Boom, to be held January 11–17, 2026, at the Punta Borinquen Resort in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. |
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Share your expertise at this specialty conference by submitting an abstract before the deadline of February 15, 2025. The submission portal is now open. The symposium invites research on five main themes:
- Challenges to Sustaining Microirrigation into the Future
- Technological Advancements in Microirrigation Systems
- Role of Microirrigation Systems in Land, Water, Energy, & Food Security
- Stakeholder & Community Engagement & Education Microirrigation Design, Innovations
- New Techniques for Increased Crop Productivity
The expanded list of themes is available in the symposium brochure. Bookmark the symposium website, where updates will be posted for full schedule details, registration, sponsorship options, and more.
This symposium is supported by ASABE Initiative Funds.
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RESOURCE MAGAZINE
Focus on AI in Ag
 The November/December 2024 issue of Resource rounds out the year with continued research on artificial intelligence in agriculture. Also included is information about ASABE Publications and how you, too, can contribute to our journals and textbooks.
Giving Tuesday is December 3, and we invite you to learn more about the ASABE Past Presidents fundraising challenge benefitting the ASABE Foundation. And enjoy this month's Last Word, by Scott Cedarquist, director of standards and technical activities, who offers insights on the promising opportunities in agrivoltaics.
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ASABE JOURNALS
Call for Papers: Constructed Wetlands, Climate Change Impacts, and Regenerative Agriculture
We invite you to contribute to our scholarly community by submitting manuscripts to our new all-open-access Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems and our other hybrid journals. Just follow our step-by-step submission instructions.
Note the due dates for the following special collections:
12/30/2024 Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resource and Agricultural Systems
12/31/2024 Regenerative Agriculture
4/15/2025 Ecosystem Evapotranspiration: Advances, Challenges, and Future Needs in Measurement, Modeling, and Application
9/15/2025 Water Quality Monitoring: Technologies and Data Stewardship for Low Cost, High-Frequency, and In Situ Data Collection
11/1/2025 Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture
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New from ASABE Publications
Open Access Articles, Special Collection Articles, New Journal Issues
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Standards News
Standard Withdrawn
ASAE D245.7 MAY2003 (R2022), Moisture Relationship of Plant-based Agricultural Products
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Leverage the ASABE Brand with Tools and Guides
B ecause ASABE is a member-guided organization, the success of the Society's recent brand initiative depends heavily on our members in providing a consistent identity across our numerous communities, committees, business units, activities, and media.
Here's a reminder that, to make it easy for those who manage communications on behalf of their sections and communities, we've created a handy Section Brand Guide, and a second one for student chapters. These abridged versions of the comprehensive ASABE Brand Style Guide provide everything you need to support clear, robust, and consistent messaging.
Like the comprehensive guide, the abridged guides provide tips on how to talk about the profession and its impact. They also contain specifications for visual identity (fonts, logos, color palette, etc). Unlike the comprehensive guide, the abridged guides provide links to professionally designed templates, tools, and imagery, housed on the platform Canva, which you can use to set up a community logo, event flyers, social media posts, and more. We’ll add and update contents to keep designs fresh, and we welcome your suggestions.
Both the comprehensive style guide and the abridged guides can be found on the branding page of the ASABE website, along with the previously released University Chapter Brand Guide.
One additional tool that we’ve assembled for you is a shared Communications library, stored in Dropbox. You’ll find a variety of images taken at ASABE events, as well as some stock photography that can be used by ASABE staff and volunteers for ASABE materials. It, too, is a living portfolio, and if you have photos from your events and activities that you think might be of use to others, please forward to us at your convenience.
Contact Dolores Landeck for more information.
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MEMBER BENEFITS
Engage Makes Committee Communication Easy
 The Engage platform makes it easy to keep in touch with your fellow committee members.
You can quickly communicate directly with the entire roster of the committees you serve on with an easy-to-use email. Find the committee email address by logging in and navigating to your committee through the Committees & Communities tab.
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Check out the ASABE Shop for Great Gift Ideas!
Looking for some a unique gift? Need recognition items for your section or university chapter? Check out the ASABE Shop for some great logo merchandise. |
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Looking for something special? If you don't see what you need, let us help.
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