A $12 billion aid package for farmers will help North Dakota producers facing challenges this year, according to U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak, both R-ND. Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, joined an agriculture roundtable at the White House with President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Monday, Dec. 8, to announce the aid. “Between China targeting our producers, rising input costs and other challenges, our producers are really going through a tough stretch. That’s why we’ve been working with ...