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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
For farmers, planting decisions are always tough. Wehave toworry about weather, weeds,pests, soil conditions, crop disease, equipment, government policy,mar...
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...
Given the unique experience GFN board member Terry Wanzek recently had with visiting White House officials to discuss current trade issues, it makes s...
This week were highlighting anotherresponse from aGFN Board memberand hisviews on sustainability in agriculture.Terry Wanzekfrom North Dakotais a 4thg...
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...
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...
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.
