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Cactus Farming

Discover how an Arkansas farm family is using technology to keep prices down for consumers. Come along on a peanut harvest in Georgia. Travel to Tennessee to meet some folks who claim that mules are the best farm animal around. Learn how Tortilla-making is a billion-dollar industry. Then, it’s a sharp and spiny crop at this Arizona farm where one family is all about raising cacti.
Season 19 Episode 4 Length 26:30 Premiere: 04/27/26

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Season 19 Episodes

An Iowa Farm Family's Story
S19 E13 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 06/29/26

Restoring Native Grasses
S19 E12 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 06/22/26

Prize Winning Peaches
S19 E11 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 06/15/26

Best Heartland Music
S19 E10 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 06/08/26

Wild Horse Refuge
S19 E9 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 06/01/26

Utah Cattle Drive
S19 E8 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 05/25/26

City Kids, Rural Life
S19 E7 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 05/18/26

Oregon Tulip Farm
S19 E6 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 05/11/26

Sweet Potato Vodka
S19 E5 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 05/04/26

Cactus Farming
S19 E4 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 04/27/26

New York Apple Harvest
S19 E3 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 04/20/26

US Winter Salad Bowl
S19 E2 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 04/13/26

Largest Corn Harvest
S19 E1 Length 26:30 Premiere Date 04/06/26

Off The Shelf: Tortillas
Clip Length 01:06 Premiere Date 04/27/26

Arizona Cactus Creations
Clip Length 06:20 Premiere Date 04/27/26

Tennessee Mule Days
Clip Length 04:08 Premiere Date 04/27/26

Georgia Peanut Harvest
Clip Length 05:02 Premiere Date 04/27/26

Brantley Farms Soybean Harvest
Clip Length 05:53 Premiere Date 04/27/26

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America's Heartland - S19 E6

An Oregon farm grows acres of bright tulips; Louisiana scientists work to solve the mystery of what's killing America's bees; picking and packing blueberries in Florida; Pennsylvania's "barn saver."

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America's Heartland - S19 E7

Farm Stay vacations give city children a chance to discover rural America; a special recipe for pasta; a Wisconsin dairy farm turns cow manure into an energy source.

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America's Heartland - S19 E8

A Utah ranching family moves their cattle from winter grazing land to summer pasture.

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America's Heartland - S19 E9

A program to save wild mustangs in California; a South Dakota farm family brings wheat to the dinner table; a California winery once owned by a film director dedicated to sustainable growing; efforts to save tall grass prairie in Kansas.

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America's Heartland - S19 E10

Rodney Dillard returns to his farming roots; singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey salutes American agriculture; bringing in the crop with a 30-mule team hitch; how to add some zing to zucchini.

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