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Hoeven to Hold Roundtable with Farm Service Agency Under Secretary, Announce Effort to Partner NDSU Ag Policy Center & National Rural Export Center

Senator John Hoeven will hold a roundtable with Richard Fordyce, the Under Secretary for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The senator invited Fordyce to the state to discuss efforts to secure additional agriculture assistance and implement the enhanced farm safety net provisions passed as part of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Immediately following, Hoeven will hold a press conference with Fordyce and leaders from North Dakota State University (NDSU) and the North Dakota District Export Council (DEC). Hoeven will outline efforts to create a new partnership between NDSU’s Agricultural Risk Policy Center and the National Rural Export Center, which will combine the expertise of the policy center with that of Heather Ranck and her team to better equip rural businesses for competing in the global marketplace.

Ag Roundtable with FSA Under Secretary

When: Tuesday, May 26
1:00 p.m. CT

Source : senate.gov

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Kansas Wheat Harvest 2026 | Three John Deere S7 700 Combines in Action

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Kansas Wheat Harvest 2026 is underway near Alden, Kansas!

In this video, I spend time with Frederick Harvesting, a custom harvesting operation based in Alden, Kansas. Back at their home farm, three new John Deere S7 700 combines equipped with John Deere HDF40 draper heads work through a drought-stricken winter wheat crop while one of the farm's John Deere 8R 370 tractors pulls a Brent 1398 grain cart.

Most of the Frederick Harvesting crew was already busy cutting wheat in southwest Kansas, but these machines remained at home to finish up local fields. Throughout the video, I explain what is happening, discuss the effects of dry conditions on the crop, and capture plenty of aerial footage showing the combines working with the grain elevator at Alden in the background.