Chad Fiechter is an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Finance in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. After spending nearly a decade farming in Northeastern Indiana, Chad returned to graduate school; first to Cornell University for a MS degree and then Purdue for his PhD. Chad’s farming experience motivates and informs his research, teaching, and outreach on agricultural finance, farm/agribusiness management, and agricultural policy

Chad lives in West Lafayette with his wife, Christen, and their son, Wilder, and twin daughters, Elbee and Suri. As a family, whenever Indiana weather allows, they prefer to be outside.