Ted Schroeder, a Kansas State University distinguished professor of agricultural economics, has been selected to receive the 2024 Mark and Eva Gardiner Innovation and Excellence Faculty Award. Schroeder received degrees from the University of Nebraska and Iowa State University before joining the K-State faculty in 1986. His research focuses on improving commodity market efficiency by investigating price discovery methods, improving market coordinating mechanisms, and applied risk management. Schroeder also teaches courses in marketing and risk management.
He has served in an advisory capacity on many committees, boards and feasibility groups that have had a tremendous impact on marketing all commodities and meat animal proteins throughout modern livestock production and farming. Schroeder continues to advise state and federal legislators and administrations relative to ag policy and the farm bill.
Gardiner Angus Ranch is a family-owned and operated beef operation near Ashland that produces registered and commercial Angus cattle.