Stephen Scates shares 15,000 family acres with his brothers, primarily growing soybeans and corn for market, as well as their well-known Shawnee Sweet Corn for local farm stands. He was Director of the IL Farm Service Agency during the Clinton Administration and Chair of the Soybean Association.
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Family photo #1, dated Monday, September 10, 2001 from The Register-News displaying the 'family farming business' with four of the five Scates brothers along with sons and nephews in Shawneetown, Illinois. Where:
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Family photo #2, undated photoWhere:
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