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Illinois Corn Growers leader joins national conversation on RFS

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

Phyllis Coulter
Dec 23, 2019
Dec 23, 2019 Updated Dec 24, 2019

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Bill Leigh was recently elected president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association and represented growers at the National Corn Growers meeting in St. Louis on Dec. 11.

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