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Cactus Farming

Season 19 Episode 4 | 26m 30s

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.

Aired: 04/26/26
Funding for America’s Heartland is provided by US Soy, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Rural Development Partners, and a Specialty Crop Grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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