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
Food Labels Demand Uniformity and Fairness
I’ve been a fan of the Minnesota Vikings ever since my father took me to games that featured Fran Tarkenton at quarterback in the 1970s—and I continue to cheer ...
Making the Constitutional Case for Trade Promotion Authority
As a member of North Dakota’s state legislature, I take my constitutional duties seriously. Serving in office requires me to take an oath: I solemnly swear to s...
We Have The Power To Choose What We Want to Eat: Labels Should Not Change That
As voters in Colorado and Oregon prepare to consider ballot initiatives next month to require warning labels on food with genetically modified ingredients, they...
Cheerios: Nutritious Finger Food for Generations of Children
When I think of Cheerios, I don’t think about GMOs. I think about little kids—and right now, I’m thinking about my new grandson. He was born just before Chri...
Stewards of the Soil
I was taught as a young man that we don’t inherit the land from our ancestors—we borrow it from our children. On my family farm in North Dakota, this could s...
Wheat Lessons
When a farmer discovered biotech wheat on a remote field in eastern Oregon in April, he found the agricultural equivalent of a needle in a haystack—a few stalks...
Decoding Wheat’s Genome: Separating wheat from chaff at the genetic level
It may be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Heck, it may be even better than sliced bread. Several weeks ago, researchers announced that they had tapped...
How Dry Is It?
It’s so dry farmers need drought-resistant crops! How dry is it? It’s so dry, the fish have ticks. It’s so dry, the swimming pool has closed two lanes....
Common Sense Labeling
The U.S. Senate wisely voted down a bad amendment to the farm bill last week, meaning that consumers won’t see their food bills skyrocket for no worthwhile reas...
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.