As a member of North Dakotas state legislature, I take my constitutional duties seriously. Serving in office requires me to take an oath: I solemnly swear to s...
As voters in Colorado and Oregon prepare to consider ballot initiatives next month to require warning labels on food with genetically modified ingredients, they...
When I think of Cheerios, I dont think about GMOs. I think about little kidsand right now, Im thinking about my new grandson.
He was born just before Chri...
I was taught as a young man that we dont inherit the land from our ancestorswe borrow it from our children.
On my family farm in North Dakota, this could s...
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 haystacka few stalks...
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...
Its so dry farmers need drought-resistant crops!
How dry is it?
Its so dry, the fish have ticks.
Its so dry, the swimming pool has closed two lanes....
The U.S. Senate wisely voted down a bad amendment to the farm bill last week, meaning that consumers wont see their food bills skyrocket for no worthwhile reas...
The heads side of every quarter pictures a famous farmer: George Washington. Among the 50 states represented on the tails side, however, only Vermont shows ...
Their absence on his schedule is disappointing - but no surprise. Five years ago, the United States negotiated free-trade agreements with Colombia and Pana...
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.
