Wheat Fears
Last week, grain consumers around the world panicked over potential shortages when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a ban on wheat exports. E...
Terry Wanzek
Playing By the Trade Rules
True enough. But before pointing a finger of blame at the tariff policies of other nations, perhaps the president should take a closer look at practices her...
Battling the Cold for Good
This would help not only with my bottom line, but it would also improve food security for Americans and people everywhere.
Before it can happen, however, we...
Giving Voice to a Free Trade Agenda
I’m going to skip the fashion tips and focus on the substance of his address--or at least the substance of a particular section. It came almost...
Protecting The Staff of Life
Fortunately, I’ve managed to avoid this catastrophe. My brother and I just finished our wheat harvest. Our yield was slightly above average. We collected ...
Feeding the Hungry
They’ll be disappointed to learn that the Pontifical Academy of Sciences--an arm of the Vatican--has given its blessing to genetically modified crops. At ...
Biotechnology: An Agriculture Success Story
They’ll have trouble refuting a comprehensive report released on Wednesday at the BIO 2009 International Convention. It proves beyond any reasonable doubt...
Mr. Obama Goes to Ottawa
That’s because Washington could be on the verge of sparking a trade war with our closest economic partner. Canadians are anxious about protectionism in th...
Strategic Commodities
In Washington, lawmakers were so eager to ban it that they banned it twice. First Congress outlawed most of it, in 1981. Then the first President Bush outlawed ...
Pioneering Spirit
I just wish Poland’s government would show the same kind of pluck and imagination as my own Polish ancestors. They understood the importance of adapting to 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.