Tom Shorma

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.

The underfunded govt program that got drill bits from rural North Dakota to Zimbabwe

Economics

The US government has a proven program that’s boosting exports and creating rural jobs. North Dakotans want it expanded.

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