America's Heartland - Episode 509

Episode 509
	Reporter Jason Shoultz finds out how some states are handling an old problem in new ways...dealing with cattle rustlers! Reporter Sarah Gardner discovers an Ohio family farm where generations pull together to plant their corn crop. Reporter Rob Stewart visits Pennsylvania's Burpee Seed Company to see how crops get their start. Reporter Akiba Howard finds a rural community in Nebraska where residents say you can find the best in their "wurst".

Rounding Up Rustlers
You might have thought cattle rustling was a thing of Wild West days. But farmers and ranchers in the heartland are facing cattle rustlers who use high tech equipment and old time stealth to get away with livestock. We'll take you to California where authorities are using new tools to fight rustlers.

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Planting Season
Spring is a critical time for American farmers trying to get their crops into the fields. What happens when the weather is not cooperative? We meet one Ohio farm family battling the elements as they get ready to put in their corn crop.

From The Ground Up
How does your garden grow? Probably with seeds from a certain heartland company. Burpee Seed Company in Warminster, Pennsylvania has been providing food and flowers to farmers and gardeners since 1876.

Best Of The Wurst
Eustis, Nebraska was settled by German immigrants in the 1880’s and has kept its rich German history. Today, tourists come for the sausage! Gregg Wolf is well known in this rural Nebraska community for his skill in making the best of the "wurst".

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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.