Modern Technology is a Sustainability Tool for Every Farmer
Where's my jet pack?
This rhetorical question is an old joke, usually uttered to express satiric dissatisfaction with how we're not living in the future we onc...
Terry Wanzek
Should officials leave people to make their own choices on how to stay safe after lockdowns?
Global Farmer Network board member Terry Wanzek recently wrote a piece, "The Bean Farmer's Guide to Social distancing and Personal Freedom," that was published ...
It's Time to Start Up Our Economy Again
When truckers come to our farm for pinto beans, we don't shake hands or bump elbows. Instead, we practice social distancing: Drivers will pull up and roll down...
What if 'Take it to the Farmer' Meant the Government too
Photo credit: White House/Eisenhower Presidential Library
"You know, farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from a ...
America's Farmers Dont Want More Aid We Want Trade!
Each morning when I get in my tractor, I turn on the radio and hope to hear a breaking-news report on how the United States and China have struck a deal and end...
Market Access Uncertainty Creates Planting Uncertainty
For farmers, planting decisions are always tough. Wehave toworry about weather, weeds,pests, soil conditions, crop disease, equipment, government policy,mar...
Trump's 'Unconventional Boldness': Trade Wars Or Better Deals?
Americans who celebrate the Fourth of July by reading the Declaration of Independence will find in its text a strangely contemporary line.
Back in 1776, as t...
Trade from N. Dakota Viewpoint Shared With White House
Given the unique experience GFN board member Terry Wanzek recently had with visiting White House officials to discuss current trade issues, it makes s...
Sustainable Farming Practices, North Dakota
This week were highlighting anotherresponse from aGFN Board memberand hisviews on sustainability in agriculture.Terry Wanzekfrom North Dakotais a 4thg...
NAFTA is our Lifeline
NAFTA is a bad joke, wrote President Trump last week on Twitter.
For me and countless other farmers, however, the possible death of NAFTA is no laughing ma...
Terry Wanzek
Farmer, North Dakota, USA
Terry Wanzek is a fourth generation North Dakota farmer. This family partnership raises spring wheat, corn, soybeans, barley, dry edible beans and sunflowers. Terry was elected to serve as a North Dakota State Senator, providing leadership to the agriculture committee and serving as Senate President Pro Tempore. Terry volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and continues to provide leadership to the National Association of Wheat Growers and the NoDak Mutual Insurance. He has a degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Jamestown College and completed the Texas A & M Executive Program for Agricultural Producers.