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America's Heartland
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Season 3
Episode 21
Farmers are spending a lot of time at the computer checking out USDA’s latest farming regulations. Robotic weeders are a new development in Illinois! Top agricultural inventors and marketers come up with the next big thing and show it off at the World Ag Expo in California, and the Farm Progress Show in Dectaur, Illinois. Visit Iowa, where farmers are doing research on corn kernels.
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Farm stays shows city kids rural life. Mushroom pasta recipe. Dairy turns cow manure into energy.
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Oregon farm raises tulips. Protecting pollinating bees. Man saves and restores old barns.
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Sweet potatoes become popular vodka. “Sassy” cows help create special cheese and ice cream.
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Cactus farm finds success. Georgia peanut harvest. “Mule Days” draws fans of the farm animal.
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“Big Apple” harvest in New York. Ohio family sells crops overseas. Tasty new carrot soup recipe.
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U.S. winter “salad bowl.” Florida farmers feed the hungry. Montana growers raise gluten-free crops.
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Rice farmer sells directly to consumers. Virginia corn grower reaps nation’s largest harvest.