In some parts of the Midwest, you can buy a brand new car for the same price as one acre of farmland. That’s land that’s growing corn and soybeans, not land being developed next to a city. With so much riding on those acres it made for a unique harvest for this framer……
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Today we meet the district farmer of the year. A lady growing ten acres of corn–a farmer adopting some of the latest technology she can find to help grow a bigger crop. She shares a tractor with up to one hundred other farmers and will plant and harvest her entire crop by hand…..
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Drive through farm country and you can find plenty of shiny new grain bins to hold ever increasing yields. Drive through farm country here and you’re likely to find the corn stored under tarps or open to the elements that will spoil up to half of the harvested crop. It’s one of the many challenges these farmers face…..
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Many farm events and banquets in the US begin with prayer. This farm meeting opened with a joint prayer of Chritian and Muslim farmers. They represented farm organizations from the central region of the African nation of Ghana…..
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I always enjoy the harvest on our farm. Days spent in the combine or hauling grain to the bins are some of my favorite farm duties. I recently experienced a must different harvest though–the corn harvest in the West African nation of Ghana.
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When Herman’s son brought home an antiquated animal production book he found in his high school ag classroom, Herman decided some of the productions were still relevant today…..
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Our best of 2012 continues today with a lady named Barbara who was a teenager living in Japan when World War II ended. Her country’s surrender signaled many changes in her life, including instruction on using judo to deal with aggressive American GI’s that would soon land on her homeland’s soil……
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When people began attending funerals here, many had the exact same reaction. They mentioned that when they passed, they wanted a funeral just like that. What resulted is a business with deep ties to the mission they men serve…..
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It’s been over 150 years since Illinois soldiers faced Santa Anna in the Mexican War. However, traces of that battle fought over 1500 miles to the south can still be found in the names of cities and the relics in museums…..
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Today a transcontinental flight from New York to L.A. might take about five hours. But do you know how long the first such flight took? We celebrate the 100th anniversary of flying coast-to-coast with this special look back at the best of the American countryside 2012……
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It’s a tradition the last week of each year we give you the “Best of the American Countryside.” And in 2012 we interviewed 110 year old Helen Netherton. Since that original broadcast, Helen passed away at her home just shy of turning 111. Today we go back to listen to her wisdom on living a full life on this edition of the American Countryside.
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It was Christmas 1945. German POWs at Camp Algona in Algona, Iowa would be returning to Europe the next year. This was the final Christmas they would spend with many of the Americans they had built friendships with during their time here…..
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At first glance, it might appear to be an odd request. A U.S. commander asked a group of German POWs to construct a nativity scene in Algona, Iowa…..
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Santa needs his sleigh to make deliveries around the world and this man makes sure he’ll never run out of transportation…..
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In 1968, O.J Simpson won the Heisman Trophy, but it was this man who was runner-up in the Heisman balloting that year. His story is one he shares with many across the Hoosier state and the nation as well…..
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Although California and Alaska are most often the epicenter of major earthquakes in the United States, it was the Midwest that produced one of the most violent events in history. It’s been 200 years since that quake in southeast Missouri, a quake felt on the east coast that you can still see the effects of today…..
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In Memphis, Missouri, there’s a café where great food has been served for about 65 years now. This is the story of the family who began the place and what’s you’ll find hanging from the ceiling…..
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Imagine unearthing history from nearly two centuries ago to find the secret routes people used to gain their freedom. That’s what this man does and he leads tours of the hideaways used to shuttle hundreds north to escape the bonds of slavery…..
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Railroads spanned these two cities on opposite sides of the Mississippi River, but it was a secret railroad that had Eric Robinson most interested. Here’s a look at the path to freedom that passed through this important site on the mighty waterway…..
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When the silver ran out, the sheep moved in–thousands of them, in fact. This place became one of the largest sheep exporting cities in the world…..
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