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Community college takes ‘big world’ approach to ag

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

Gene Lucht
Sep 15, 2022
Sep 15, 2022

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David Grunklee is dean of applied technologies at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa.

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