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Soybean group director puts focus on conservation, research issues

Two of the key issues for farmers are conservation and research, and Clayton Light works with both of them in his role with the Missouri Soybean Association.

Growing up in Osage County, Missouri, he remembers helping his grandparents on their farm, where they raised cattle, and spending summers helping put up hay. He also took advantage of all the benefits land and the outdoors can offer.

“I’ve always enjoyed the outdoors,” Light says. “My family was always into camping and fishing and using the natural resources of Missouri.”

After working for the Missouri Department of Conservation, Light started work with the Missouri Soybean Association, now serving as the organization’s director of conservation agriculture and farm operations. He says conservation is a focus for farmers.

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