America's Heartland - Episode 315

Episode 315

Jason Shoultz takes to the highways of Mississippi with law enforcement officials as new threats to agriculture prompt new tools to track down thieves. Pat McConahay finds some vocal farmers in North Dakota who make their case for a crop that’s illegal to grow! Jason meets a Montana farmer taking on a new role: arguing for agriculture in the United States senate. And Pat takes a look at a program where New Jersey farmers rise to the challenge of feeding the hungry.

Ag Crime Concerns
Jeff Stewart is an investigator for Mississippi’s Agricultural Theft Bureau. It’s a statewide law enforcement unit tasked with investigating crimes involving the state’s farming community. Like a lot of police investigators, Jeff spends a good deal of time doing old-fashioned gumshoe work.

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Controversial Crop
David Monson grows wheat, barley and canola, on 700 acres in Osnabruck, a little town in the northeast corner of North Dakota. But wheat has sometimes been a problem crop for farmers in recent years. So Monson, who’s also a Republican state legislator, wanted to help farmers find a way to switch to another cash crop. He happened to read about hemp.

From Crops to Congress
Jon Tester’s day starts at 5AM. Nothing unusual about an early morning start at harvest time for the heartland’s farmers. But it’s likely that Tester is the only U.S. Senator to start the day on a tractor.

Fields of Plenty
“Farmers against Hunger” is a food security program, sponsored by the New Jersey Agricultural Society. The society is a non-profit organization designed to preserve and promote farming through various activities, including this relief program.

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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,
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