Market Access Uncertainty Creates Planting Uncertainty
For farmers, planting decisions are always tough. We have to worry about weather, weeds, pests, soil conditions, crop disease, equipment, government policy, mar...
Terry Wanzek
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 we’re highlighting another response from a GFN Board member and his views on sustainability in agriculture. Terry Wanzek from North Dakota is a 4th g...
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...
Choosing Technology to Enhance Sustainability
I choose to grow genetically modified crops on my farm for a simple reason: sustainability. These products of modern science make me more economically and en...
Improved Infrastructure is a Competitive Advantage
I’ve always known that moving food from farm to fork depends on excellent infrastructure—but until about fifteen years ago, I took a lot of it for granted. I...
Message to the NY Times: Farmers Choose to Plant GM Crops Because They Are Delivering Benefits
I don’t tell reporters at the New York Times how to write their articles. Maybe they should consider not telling me how to run my farm. That was my first tho...
A Farmer’s Journey to Always Be Better
My two-and-a-half-year-old grandson recently stayed at our family farm in North Dakota while his parents enjoyed a few days away. One morning, he and I got u...
Why Trade Matters
Two weeks ago, my brother, my wife and I, and our farm crew loaded five boxcars with pinto beans grown on our family farm in North Dakota. Bound for Mexico, the...
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.