Wayne Cryts is a former Missouri farmer who protested against American grain elevator bankruptcy law in the early 1980s.
In January 1981, Cryts contacted news reporters to warn the Ristine-based company that he would "take matters into his own hands" if it did not release the beans to him within the next month.
FBI agents and federal marshals did not interfere with Cryts as he removed the beans, and the media covered the story in a positive light.
After arrest, he was sent to the Pope County Detention Center in Russellville, Arkansas,[2][3] where outraged farmers then picketed with their tractors.
[5] Cryts ran as the Democratic candidate for Missouri's 8th congressional district against Republican Bill Emerson in 1986 and 1988, but lost both times.