Episode 320 - Harvest & Hayrides   addthis
Steve Black loves Halloween and the harvest season. In fact, his Cambridge, Iowa farm begins gearing up for autumn fun way before the weather starts to turn.  Steve is one of many farmers who’ve had to diversify to make his farm profitable.  For Steve, that means "agro-tainment." Jason Shoultz stops by for a harvest season visit and discovers how this Iowa corn operation has changed to make agriculture pay off in quite a different way.

 

 

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Native Americans are said to have flattened strips of pumpkins, dried them and made them into mats. And pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.

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Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture

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