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North Dakota leads the nation in the production of several crops including: barley, canola, spring wheat, and honey. A low population state, farmers there rely heavily on exports.
Economics
Trump says we’re losing badly with trade. But North Dakota suggests otherwise.
Kevin Christensen looks on as his son, Lane Christensen, sharpens an industrial drill bit. Christensen’s four-person company turned into an international exporter in a matter of months with help from the US Commercial Service.
Economics
The underfunded govt program that got drill bits from rural North Dakota to Zimbabwe