A Farm Retreat From The ‘Real World’

State troopers are called upon to handle “just about anything,” says Chris Shrader, so having a farm to come home to is relief from a tough job.

Making Hay in the Music City

This horse boarder and hay grower has some unique urban farming challenges, but experience and equipment help him get the job done.

Doing The Math

A father-son farming team—one a former math teacher—find margin in a tight farming economy. See how equipment choices help.

One Plot at a Time

This row-crop producer clawed his way into agriculture by farming tracts others deemed too small.

Farming From Scratch

A Nebraska producer’s burning passion for agriculture restores his family’s farming legacy.

Road Ready, Farm Strong

Whether between the rows or between the ditches, Fendt tractors get a workout in this rural municipality.

Farming on the Curve

Doing things right, with 110% effort… that’s what is required to farm this rolling, river-bluff land. The Hemans have been doing it for decades.

Hay Time in Corn Country

This grower has an unusual use for some of the best dirt in the country.

Gleaner combines are a given in this custom harvesting operation, but not just because “that’s how it has always been.” Customers demand clean grain, and the Wagner family is happy to “spoil” them with Gleaner.

Making the Best Ground Better

After 47 years in the fields of Central Iowa, farmer Kevin Holl is still finding ways to improve fields that already have some of the best corn-growing soil in the world. Here’s how he does it.

Life on the Land