Professor, Agricultural & Consumer Economics; Soybean Industry Chair in Agricultural Strategy

Research Focus: Farm management

Biography: Dr. Gary Schnitkey is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He got his B.S. on Agricultural Finance from the Ohio State University and received his M.S. and Ph.D. on Agricultural Economic from the University of Illinois. 

Mission Statement: Dr. Gary Schnitkey’s goal is to make farms more financially efficient while increasing quality of environmental outcomes.  He works extensively with financial data from Illinois Farm Business Farm Management and production data from Precision Conservation Management.