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Soybean board member focuses on land improvement

Benjamin Herrold
Mar 5, 2022
Mar 5, 2022 Updated Mar 7, 2022

Renee Fordyce serves on the Missouri Soybean Association board. She and her husband, Richard, farm in Harrison County. Their son, Ethan, and daughter, Emma, both earned agricultural degrees at the University of Missouri.
Photos courtesy Renee Fordyce and Missouri Soybean Association

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