Third District Congressman Kevin Yoder was quite a ways from his usual eastern Kansas stomping ground Thursday morning, but having grown up on a farm in Reno County, the Overland Park Republican said he understands the needs of rural communities.Yoder made a stop in Great Bend Thursday while on a agriculture tour of Kansas. He dropped in on the Chamber of Commerce coffee at the Reserves at Trail Ridge apartments.“I have a special place in my heart for agriculture,” he said. On Wednesday, he stopped at Halstead for a meeting of the Equus Beds Groundwater Management District, and visited a massive outdoor pile of wheat near Hutchinson and the Dairy Farmers of America Plant in Garden City.