America's Heartland -Episode 104

Episode 104

   Paul Ryan begins with a visit to the historic King Ranch occupying more than 800,000 acres in South Texas. Its legend is told through the experiences of cowboys who have ridden its vast stretches for decades.
   Jason Shoultz follows with a report from Iowa as the state prepares to reap one of the Heartland’s biggest crops: corn.
   Along the banks of Idaho’s Snake River near Twin Falls is Clear Springs Foods, the country’s largest and one of its oldest rainbow trout farms. Paul Ryan introduces viewers to the process of trout farming from spawning to shipping.
   Correspondent Craig Miller visits to California to witness the use of a new technology – GPS – to solve an old problem: tracking cows
   Finally, Jason Shoultz revisits Kentucky for a lighthearted peek into the “Colonel’s” world: the Kentucky Fried Chicken Museum and the restaurant that started it all.

The King of Ranches
Spend a day with Beto Maldonado and you’ll feel like you’re back in the Old West, to the days when Texas cattle barons owned land as far as the eye could see.

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Sweetest Ears on Earth
As the sun rises on central Iowa the quiet can be deceiving. Look closer. Hidden among the rows of towering corn stalks is the frantic morning ritual of the summer sweet corn harvest.

Gone Wild
Wild rainbow trout is a rare find these days and are protected. Getting a rainbow to the table involves farmers—fish farmers. And some of the most successful work around a scenic, arid stretch of south central Idaho close to the Snake River.

Cows in Space
At the McDougald Ranch in Madera County, California, four-wheelers replaced work horses a few years back and now it’s time for another renovation.

Kentucky-Fried Success Story
An elderly Horatio Alger; he used charm, persistence, and a secret recipe to build his fast food empire. And today, thousands of tourists pay homage to Colonel Sanders by visiting the modest restaurant where it all began.

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The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, Farm Credit, and the United Soybean Board make presentation of America's Heartland possible.

Additional production and promotion assistance is provided by
The American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, U.S. Grains Council,
National Association of Wheat Growers, and the National FFA Organization.