Landon Ries is a Soybean Breeder and Evaluation Zone Leader for Corteva Agriscience. He began his career with Corteva (DuPont Pioneer) in 2012. In addition to developing soybean varieties, he has lead the development and deployment of precision phenotyping technologies throughout the Corteva soybean breeding programs. Landon is grew up on the family corn and soybean farm in Northern Iowa. He earned his B.S. in Agronomy from Iowa State University, his M.S. in Crop Physiology from the University of Arkansas, and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.