New ISA CEO ready to work on group’s ‘return on mission’

From the Q&As with influential people in agriculture. series

Phyllis Coulter
Mar 3, 2020
Mar 3, 2020

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Days after starting his job Feb. 4 as CEO of the Illinois Soybean Association, John Lumpe talks about the path that led him here and what he looks forward to in serving the needs of 43,000 growers in the top soybean-producing state in the nation.

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