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Ryan grew up in an agri-business atmosphere in Southwest Iowa and received a BS degree in Agriculture Business from Iowa State University. He started in the grain industry with A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company and was later procurement manager of Ferndale Grain, a division of PM Ag Products. He joined J.D. Heiskell when the company acquired PM Ag Products in 2000. In 2012 Ryan was called as CEO where he served in that capacity for a decade. Ryan is a past member of the board of directors for the National Grain and Feed Dealer's Association and a past member of the board of directors of California Grain and Feed Association.