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Editor‘s Note: ASABE member Jason Schuster of Iowa State University captured first place in the 2016 Ag and Bio Ethics Essay Competition by submitting an original work of up to 1500 words on an ethics topic that affects “the practice of professions related to agricultural and biological engineering, systems, or technology.” Second place went to ASABE member Maria Balcazar of North Carolina State University (Is more production the answer? A critical look on our framework to solve food security), and third place was awarded to ASABE member Sarah Freriks of the University of Illinois (Bioethical considerations of CRISPR-Cas9). The annual Ag and Bio Ethics Essay Competition is open to undergraduate and graduate student members of ASABE and the Institute for Biological Engineering (IBE). The three finalists presented their work at the ASABE Annual International Meeting in New Orleans last July, and their essays are available at http://www.asabe.org/ethics-essay-comp.aspx.