Will grew up on an east-central Missouri swine farm. He got his start in radio in high school at his hometown station, Mixed Country 96 in Mexico, Missouri. There Will worked as a DJ playing country music and Brownfield market and news updates. He graduated from the University of Missouri’s science and agricultural journalism program in 2020 and hit the ground with Brownfield immediately after. Will is now attending The Ohio State University studying agricultural communications and economics. Will continues to report for Brownfield and hosts the Weekly Commodity Market Update.