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For Kansas farmer John Roy, there’s nothing like bringing in a crop.

“It’s a huge, huge joy,” Roy said. “Because when you know that it goes into the food-supply chain and people are able to eat and enjoy life not just in America but across the world, you can actually see that what you’re doing has made a difference.”

Roy and other Legatus members whose business is agriculture clearly draw great satisfaction from their work. But they also acknowledge its challenges as they deal with the uncertainties of weather, commodity prices, an ever-changing economy, government regulations, and farming’s environmental impact. 

Like Roy, who belongs to the Wichita Chapter, Craig Buescher of the Lincoln Chapter in Nebraska and Charles Crave of the Madison Chapter in Wisconsin were raised by farming parents. All chose the field as their life’s work with eyes wide open, each going well beyond the family farm to carve out his own path in the world of agriculture.