From nutritionists with Pizza Hut to the chefs at Yale University to influential personal trainers, Ron Suppes added his western Kansas farmer savvy to conversations across the grain industry value chain during his time as chairman of the Wheat Foods Council.
In early June, he passed off the leadership baton—just ahead of harvest—during the organization’s annual meeting, but not before he helped facilitate a bit more education on how wheat is developed and grown.
Suppes has served as a Kansas wheat commissioner since 2003, serving as chairman in 2013-2014, and serves as chairman of the Kansas Wheat Commission Research Foundation.
At the end of the organization’s time in Manhattan, Suppes turned over the gavel to the next year’s chairman—Kent Juliot with Ardent Mills.
