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A farmer in North Dakota took to his fields to show his support for President Donald Trump by plowing “Build the Wall” after the president’s border security speech. Farmer Gene Hanson of Edgeley of North Dakota said Trump is a “great American” and wanted to find some way to announce his support for the president’s agenda, according to Fox News. “President Trump, stand your ground and get-R-done,” Hanson told the media. Hanson relied on his farm fields to push Trump’s message before. Last year, he used them to tell the nation that “we stand for the national anthem” when the...

"Holy Cow!" Gene Hanson, the North Dakota farmer whom President Trump called a "great American," has created messages in his field before. But this time instead of using his plow, he used his neighbor's cows -- approximately 150 of his young black Angus cattle -- who live across the road from his farm in Edgeley. "It's the Christmas season," Hanson told Fox News, "and I thought that would be really nice if he put the feed down in a sign of the cross and he did." The retired great-grandfather wanted to form the cross to remind people of "the birth...

Edgeley landowner Gene Hanson has received media attention in the past for his messages plowed in his fields. Hanson says it started with "Happy Mother's Day" and "Happy Easter" sentiments, but his messages took a political turn in recent years. Most recently, Hanson plowed the message "We Stand For The National Anthem" in a bean field. The message even garnered the attention of President Donald Trump, who has been critical of NFL players who take a knee in protest during the national anthem. Trump took to social media to recognize Hanson: "Thank you Gene Hanson — a GREAT American (and...