Wagner, elected in 2017 is currently serving his first term on the NPGA Board of Directors representing pulse growers in the northeast portion of Montana. Wagner also serves on the Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund Board. Wagner is a 4th generation farm outside of Nashua, MT where he produces wheat, canola, yellow peas, chickpeas, and lentils. Wagner has been planting pulses since 2002. In Wagner's spare time he enjoys attending conferences in order to learn new things.