2022 20 Under 40 Farmer
About
Matt Rush farms alongside his father at Rush Farms of Fairfield, LLC in Fairfield, Ill, where they raise corn, soybeans, wheat and feeder cattle. Rush currently serves on the Illinois Corn Growers Association Board as Vice President, with expectations to grow into the President role. He was also the agriculture and 4-H coordinator for the University of Illinois Extension office in Wayne County, served as President of the Wayne County Farm Bureau Young Leaders Committee, and eventually served as a district representative on the Illinois Farm Bureau Young Leaders Board. In his community, Rush serves on the Fairfield Community High School Board, the Fairfield National Bank Board, the Fairfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Board and is a volunteer firefighter.