As a west central Illinois native, Clay serves growers throughout western Illinois in his role as precision agronomist. Crouse uses his extensive experience within the seed industry to connect critical decisions like hybrid placement to outcomes within a field. In his role with Advanced Agrilytics, Clay expands upon seed selection to look at sub-acre level results and provides growers strategies to improve long-term outcomes. Clay graduated from Western Illinois University with a degree in Agronomy and Crop Science.