Todd M. Schmit

Biography

Todd Schmit's research and extension interests focus on improving agribusiness firm management skills that lead to improved decision making, firm performance, and industry viability, including consideration of firm, spatial, and market factors on firm and industry performance. Particular areas of emphasis include cooperative business management, local and regional food systems, regional economic impact analysis, and rural economic development.

Selected Publications

• Schmit, Todd; Wall, G.; Newbold, E.; Bihn, E. "Assessing the Costs and Returns of On-Farm Food Safety Investments: A Survey of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Training Participants"PLoS ONE. (forthcoming).
• Munch, D.; Schmit, Todd; Severson, Roberta. "A descriptive analysis of milk pricing attribute values for cooperative and independent milk handlers in New York State"Journal of Cooperatives. (forthcoming).
• Schmit, Todd; Severson, Roberta; Strzok, Jesse; Barros, Jose. "Improving Economic Contribution Analyses of Local Agricultural Systems: Lessons from a Study of the New York Apple Industry"Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 8.C (2019): 1-15
• Schmit, Todd; Jablonski, Becca B.; Laughton, C. "Comparing Farm Financial Performance Across Local Food Market Channels"Journal of Extension. 57.2 (2019): #2RIB6
• Schmit, Todd; Severson, Roberta. "Building Success of Food Hubs Through Understanding of the Cooperative Experience"Journal of Extension. 57.1 (2019)
• Schmit, Todd; Jablonski, Becca; Minner, Jennifer; Kay, David; Christensen, Libby. "Rural Wealth Creation of Intellectual Capital from Urban Local Food System initiatives: Developing Indicators to Assess Change"Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society. 48.5 (2017): 639-656
• Schmit, Todd; Jablonski, Becca; Mansury, Yuri. "Assessing the Economic Impacts of Local Food System Producers by Scale: A Case Study from New York"Economic Development Quarterly. 30.4 (2016): 316-328
• McFadden, Dawn; Conner, David; Deller, Steve; Hughes, David; Meter, Ken; Morales, Alfonso; Schmit, Todd; Swenson, Dave; Bauman, Allie; Goldenberg, M.; Hill, Rebecca; Jablonski, Becca; Tropp, Debra. "The Economics of Local Food Systems: A Toolkit to Guide Community Discussions, Assessments, and Choices". USDA Agriculture Marketing Service. (2016)
• Schmit, Todd; Jablonski, Becca. "A Practitioner's Guide to Conducting an Economic Impact Assessment of Regional Food Hubs using IMPLAN: a step-by-step approach". Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University. EB 2017-01 (2017): 46pp
• Schmit, Todd; Severson, Roberta. "Exploring the Feasibility of a Rural Broadband Cooperative in Northern New York". Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University. EB 2017-05 (2017): 76

Awards and Honors

• Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award, Honorable Mention (2017) Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
• Friend of Extension Award (2016) NYS Association of County Agricultural Agents
• Friend of CCE Tioga County Extension Award (2016) CCE – Tioga County, NY
• Fellow, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (2016) Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association
• Faculty Fellow (2016) Cornell Institute for Food Systems, Cornell University

Recent Courses

• AEM 3260 - Cooperative Business Management
• AEM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research
• AEM 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research
• AEM 7000 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management
• AEM 4970 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management
• AEM 3290/FDSC 3290 - International Agribusiness Study Trip
• AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research
• AEM 4980 - Supervised Teaching Experience
• AEM 4990 - Undergraduate Research

Academic Degrees

• PhD Cornell University, 2003
• MS Cornell University, 1994
• BS University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1990

In the News

• May 04, 2016 New Toolkit Clarifies Agricultural Economic Assessment
• October 12, 2016 Extension Educators Make Ag Development Connections
• October 09, 2016 Curricular Cop-out on Co-Ops