Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Professional Information

Photo: Robert H Hornbaker

Robert H Hornbaker

Associate Professor
Director of the Farm and Resource Management (FaRM) Laboratory
 Email: hornbake@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-333-5508

Education

M.S., Purdue University, 1982
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1985



Teaching

ACE 332: Farm Management
ACE 448: Rural Real Estate Appraisal

Research

Production and whole farm risk management; farm managerial and financial performance; farm decision/management methods and information systems; and alternative production systems for reducing agricultural chemicals in public water supplies. Economic assessment and improved decision criteria for site-specific management (SSM) systems.

Highlighted Publications

Patent for grain-tracking method, details here
Research on Computer-integrated Production Agriculture Technology, details here