Agricultural Division Staff: Clay Wright
Wright has served as a livestock consultant in the Agricultural Division's consultation program since 1979. He continues to assist ranchers in attaining their production goals through sound nutrition, health, reproduction, selection management and applicability of techniques and technology to their individual operations. He is also responsible for information dissemination through articles, field days and livestock schools. Wright joined the Noble Foundation in 1977 and served as manager of the organization's Red River Demonstration and Research Farm. Before joining the Noble Foundation, Wright worked in various capacities in production agriculture, including dairy, grain and hay production. He also owned and operated a small commercial cow-calf operation near Starkville, Miss., and managed a 500-cow ranch in north-central Arkansas. Wright is a certified professional animal scientist (PAS) by the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists, a part of the American Society of Animal Science. Wright grew up in the small northeast Arkansas community of Newport.
• Master of Science in administrative studies, 1984, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, Okla.
• Graduate of the ranch management program, 1977, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
• Bachelor of Science in animal science, 1975, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Miss.