Agriculture remains the top industry in North Dakota, with our state leading the nation in the production of a variety of commodities, including flaxseed, canola, durum wheat, spring wheat and dry edible beans. Our farmers and ranchers do a tremendous job providing us with the highest quality, lowest cost food supply in the world. As the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, I continue working to ensure a new farm bill works for producers and is implemented effectively and efficiently for our farmers and ranchers. 

Hoeven: USDA Issues Second Round of Disaster Assistance for Producers with Losses From 2023, 2024

Payments Come from Ag Disaster Assistance Funding Senator Secured in December 2024 WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced...

Hoeven: North Dakota Ag Research Leadership to Expand Under USDA Reorganization

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today said North Dakota will expand its agriculture research...

Hoeven Working to Expand Market Access With U.S. Trade Representative as Part of USMCA’s  Six-Year Review

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven joined Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in urging expanded market access and certainty for American producers...