Cynthia Ryan | Farm Progress

Cynthia Ryan

Cynthia Ryan

Cynthia Ryan is a farmer’s daughter from Clinton, Ill., and a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Following her parents’ deaths, Ryan manages the family farm from afar.

Latest from Cynthia Ryan

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3 steps for nonfarm heirs to be better managers 3 steps for nonfarm heirs to be better managers

Mar 15, 2024

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How do you name your fields?How do you name your fields?

Dec 1, 2023

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All from Cynthia Ryan

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What kind of ‘armchair agriculturist’ are you?

What kind of ‘armchair agriculturist’ are you?

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Cynthia Ryan and her dad flank Fritz Robinson, their longtime farm operator

How a guy across a field becomes family

How a guy across a field becomes family

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Find your groove from afar

Find your groove from afar

John Donovan on his farm in the early 1900s

On the land, legacy matters

On the land, legacy matters

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How non-farm heirs juggle farm and life

How non-farm heirs juggle farm and life

Farming From Afar

Plan beyond your days on the farm

Plan beyond your days on the farm

Farming From Afar

Is that the mail?

Is that the mail?

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How an off-farm heir can be ‘in the know’

How an off-farm heir can be ‘in the know’

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Still wanted: Coffee pot conversations

Still wanted: Coffee pot conversations

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The right farm talk

The right farm talk

Cynthia Ryan works on clearing out the family's farmhouse and outbuildings

Not easily deterred

Not easily deterred

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To buy or not to buy? Weighing land acquisition from afar

To buy or not to buy? Weighing land acquisition from afar

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ARC, PLC and what in the world to do

ARC, PLC and what in the world to do

Jerry Ryan talks to daughter Cynthia Ryan from cab of truck

Farm Operations

On family ground

On family ground

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