Dr. Schnitkey Receives Service to Ag Award from Farm Managers/Appraisers
Bloomington, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers have presented the 2023 Service to Agriculture award to Gery Schnitkey, Ph.D., University of Illinois. The presentation was made during the 2023 Illinois Land Values conference which is sponsored by the organization and was held here on March 23.
In making the presentation, ISPFMRA President Russell Hiatt, AFM, ARA, cited Schnitkey’s continuing role communicating with agricultural producer and industry personnel but also with the general public.
Schnitkey is a professor and farm management specialist in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics at the University’s Champaign/Urbana campus. His activities focus on farm management and risk management. Farm management work is focused on examination of issues impacting the profitability of grain farms including corn/soybean rotations, machinery economics, and factors separating profitable from unprofitable farms.
Risk management activities focus on crop insurance evaluations.
In addition to his teaching and authoring responsibilities, he conducts over 40 meetings with farmers annually on risk-related projects.
He grew up on a grain and hog farm in northwest Ohio and received his bachelors degree from the Ohio State University and his Masters and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He was on the faculty at Ohio State from 1987 through 1998. He has been employed at the University of Illinois since 1998.
Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D., left, University of Illinois, receives the Service to Agriculture award from Russell Hiatt, AFM, ARA., president of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, at the 2023 Illinois Land Values Conference held March 23 in Bloomington. This is the highest honor the organization presents to individuals. Hiatt cited Schnitkey’s years of service to Illinois agriculture presenting information to the public as well as being an active professor involving Extension education and research. Schnitkey also serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Illinois Society. He is a professor and farm management specialist in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics.
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