Current Articles: Grower Spotlight: Terry Wanzek (Jamestown, ND) An elected official, Terry Wanzek is well known and well liked around North Dakota. In fact, the state senator from Jamestown has represented the people of the 29th district since 1995—except for one interrupted term in 2005. That's when a political opponent went on the attack and demonized Terry for his full-time career, riding a wave of misinformation into political office... [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: Chuck Coley (Vienna, Georgia) Often times you’re told to play the hand you’re dealt, and after the 2008 farm bill was signed into law, Chuck Coley had planned to do just that. A cotton and peanut grower in west Georgia, Coley is no stranger to the notion that in this business, you need to adapt... [View the Full Article] Community Spotlight: Pendleton, Oregon Wheat farmers fed up with hunger are showing that community comes first with a Pendleton, Oregon-based program called Bushels for Betsy... [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: Tommy Hoskyn (Stuttgart, Arkansas) Any businessperson worth their salt has, at minimum, a 5-year business plan that projects revenue, expenses, and projected profit. In fact, most banks demand such detailed plans before issuing business operating loans... [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: Gene (Pucky) Sandager (Hills, Minnesota) When you feed the world, you are as important as any ambassador or government diplomat," explained 50-year-old Gene (Pucky) Sandager, a corn, soybean, and cattle producer from Hills, Minnesota... [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: Patrick Johnson (Tunica, Mississippi) Being a fresh college graduate is one of the scariest and thrilling times of one's lifetime. All of a sudden it is up to you to make your own decisions. But what if your decision entailed entering a risky industry... [View the Full Article] Community Spotlight: Walnut Grove, Minnesota “Little House on the Prairie” Opposes Grassley-Dorgan Pay Limits Amendment Tom and DeVonna Zeug have a lot in common with the famous Charles Ingalls family who, in the late 19th century, settled on a farm just seven miles away from what is today the Zeug family's fifth generation farm... [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: David Kragnes (Felton, Minnesota) David Kragnes sits on the Board of Directors for a major American company. But David is different from your average corporate board member. He doesn't wear a three-piece suit to work every day or drive a luxury sedan. He drives a Deere and feels more comfortable in jeans... [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: Justin Cariker (Tunica, Mississippi) Farmer Justin Cariker from Tunica, Mississippi has so many titles you couldn't possible fit it all on a business card. He is a cotton farmer, soybean farmer, wheat farmer and corn farmer, and when he's not farming he is extremely active in his community... [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: John Thaemert (Ellsworth, Kansas) When John Thaemert isn’t sporting a suit and sitting behind his desk at the Citizens State Bank & Trust Co. in Ellsworth, Kan., he’s wearing jeans and working on his wheat farm a few miles down the road near Sylvan Grove... [View the Full Article] Community Spotlight: Abbeville, Louisiana Sept. 24 marks the two-year anniversary of the “big flood” in Abbeville, Louisiana... [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: Gene Fynboh (Brandon, Minnesota) Nowadays, everybody seems to be hopping on the ethanol bandwagon... [View the Full Article] Community Spotlight: Stuttgart, Arkansas If you've eaten rice one night this week for dinner, there's a 50-50 chance it came from Arkansas... [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: Charles Guidry (Erath, Louisiana) Back when Charles Guidry was still a young, bright-eyed farmer in the 1980s, life was a lot different than it is today. [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: Barry Evans (Kress, Texas) Many Americans wrongly think that farmers are uneducated and not tech-savvy. [View the Full Article] Community Spotlight: South Louisiana Sugar For more than 200 years, sugar production has been a way of life in southern Louisiana. [View the Full Article] Grower Spotlight: Theresia Gillie (Hallock, Minnesota) Theresia Gillie is sick of the stereotypes of women on the farm. [View the Full Article]