National Goat Consortium

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

1. Abstracts must be submitted by the deadline.

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2. Abstracts must be submitted in English 

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3. Abstracts must be formatted as below 

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4. Titles must 

a. Capitalize all proper words

b. Italicize genus and species

c. No footnotes

d. Bold all words in title

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5. The body must 

a. Limit 250 words

b. Give scientific name at first mention of the subject organism

c. Do not cite references, figures, tables, probability levels, nor detailed results

d. Refer to results only in the general sense

 

6. Authors and Affiliations: 

a. First Initials and Last name (M.C. Mason), no first names

b. * denotes presenter

c. Avoid footnoting

d. List authors followed by department, University name, city, state, and zip code

 

SAMPLE ABSTRACT

Effect of Temperature on Labor Productivity: Evidence from Socioeconomically Vulnerable Communities in the US. J. Goings*, Department of Agriculture, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS 39096; and J. Zhang, Department of Agriculture, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS 39096.

 

This paper estimates the effects of the increasing incidence of heat on labor productivity, with a particular focus on socioeconomically underserved vulnerable communities. Extensive literature has already linked long term weather changes to many economic outcomes, including industrial and national output, agricultural yield, total factor productivity, worker productivity, to name a few. However, little is known about the effects of how temperature affects economic outcomes in socioeconomically vulnerable communities. socioeconomically vulnerable communities often lack the necessary resources, technological advancements, infrastructure, and support systems to withstand and recover from the adverse effects of extreme weather events. Consequently, the impacts on economic outcomes in these areas may be significantly different from those observed in more developed regions. We utilize annual county-level labor productivity proxied by average employee compensation, historical weather, and social vulnerability index data, along with the panel fixed effects estimation framework, to identify the sensitivity of labor productivity to rising temperatures.  We perform our analysis for the contiguous United States over 2001–2019. We find that labor productivity is largely insensitive to changes in the frequency of cool-to-moderate maximum daily temperatures. However, as temperatures shift above 18 Celsius, the effects on productivity turn increasingly negative, particularly affecting socioeconomically vulnerable communities to a greater extent. Given existing projections, we predict that future extreme temperatures would further deepen worker productivity inequality among socioeconomically vulnerable communities and more developed regions.

 

ABSTRACT REVIEW PROCESS

1. Abstracts received prior to the due date will be reviewed by the National Goat Consortium Poster Abstract Reviewing Committee.

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2. Abstracts will be accepted or rejected based on one or more of the following reasons:

a. Abstracts are not appropriate to the theme of the conference

b. Abstracts are duplicates

c. Abstracts do not adhere to the guidelines 

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All participants with accepted abstracts will receive an email regarding their status no later than Friday July 24, 2026 from Dr. Melissa Mason-Montgomery (mcmason@alcorn.edu), Abstract Committee Chair.

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*NOTE:  A subset of abstracts submitted will be invited to give an oral presentation.  Individuals agreeable to having their work so recognized should indicate this interest on the abstract submission form.  Those selected will receive oral presentation guidelines at the time of notification.

 

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