By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
KFEQ agricultural market news reporter Greg Clement has been inducted into the Ag Hall of Fame.
The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce reports Clement received the honor during the 16th annual Farm City Breakfast it sponsors along with LifeLine Foods of St. Joseph.
Clement was born and raised on a northwest Missouri farm on which the family grew crops and raised cattle. The family first raised steers, then converted to a cow-calf operation. The family also had brood mares and two stallions. He broke horses from age 13 to 40.
In 1984, Clement became an auctioneer and began work at the St. Joseph Stockyards. In 1992, he became a Missouri State Champion Auctioneer. Clement served as a full-time livestock auctioneer from 1984 to 2013. He began as a market news reporter on KFEQ in 1989.
Clement worked many benefit auctions in the St. Joseph area for the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, the Noyes Home, the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Ducks Unlimited, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and several others.
Clement is married to his wife of 49 years, Kathi. They have two children, Amy and Jennifer.
The Farm City Breakfast was held virtually this year on November 24th due to coronavirus concerns.