Fred is an Accredited Farm Manager, Accredited Agricultural Consultant, and an Accredited Land Consultant. Fred has been an active member in ASFMRA for over 39 years at the state and national levels.

Prior to his retirement, Fred was the Director of Acquisitions for farmland investments at AgVictus Capital Management, based in Alpharetta, GA. He has over 40 years of experience managing vertically integrated agricultural companies, representing public pension funds for farmland investments, managing large-scale direct farming operations, representing private individuals, trusts & corporations for farm management/consulting, and brokering agricultural real estate sales.

His diversified experience included developing a direct farming operation for a private equity firm which included over 50,000 acres in six states, building and managing the largest beef confinement feedlot in the US in conjunction with managing the direct farming operations associated with the feedlot and 18K irrigated acres, developing almond, hazelnut, and macadamia tree nut farms while being an EVP President at the Westchester Group, a Senior Asset Manager at BGMI Investments, a Senior Agricultural Portfolio Manager for Wexford Capital and a Farm Manager at the Foxley Cattle Company.

During his career, he has sold, managed, and/or farmed in 38 different states which involved 44 different crops including almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, and macadamia nuts. Fred brings an in-depth level of diversified experience in agriculture investment and operations management in the United States with some experience in Australia.

Ray Wyse has been involved in the agricultural industry since 1991, and an active professional commodity trader in the agriculture futures and options markets since 2000. Most recently he was Managing Partner at an Omaha investment firm, managing money for institutional investors in the agricultural commodity markets from 2013 to 2017.

Prior to co-founding the investment firm, Ray was Senior Director of Trading and Economic Research at The Gavilon Group from 2007 to 2013. From 1991 to 2007, Ray was with the Archer Daniels Midland Company in North America and Europe. At ADM he managed oilseed processing facilities and later held a corporate position managing global risk in the oilseeds, grains, cocoa, energy, and foreign exchange markets. He is also a farmland owner and manages his family’s farm in Southeastern Iowa, as well as being involved in commercial real investments. Additionally, Ray does consult work for and is a sought-after speak to management teams at major protein, fertilizer, and grain companies.

Ray has served on the board of directors of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange and the Seed Crushers and Oilseed Processors Association of the United Kingdom (SCOPA). He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management from Central College in Pella, Iowa.