A Weekly Public Television Series Celebrating Our Nation's Agricutlure http://www.americasheartland.org The road to some creative uses for corn starts here in Nebraska on Alan Tiemann’s farm. It’s a journey that takes this commodity halfway around the world. http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_417/nebraska.htm# 02/02/09 Iowa sweet corn in the summer, it’s hard to beat! But some farmers in Iowa are thinking about chemistry as well as taste. http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_321/kernel_potential.html 02/02/09 As the sun rises on central Iowa the quiet can be deceiving. Look closer. Hidden among the rows of towering corn stalks is the frantic morning ritual of the summer sweet corn harvest. And not far away another hunt for the sweetest corn is taking place by Iowans like Linda Bergstrom who insist that Iowa corn is the best. http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_104/sweetest_ears.htm 03/28/08 It could well be the world's largest monument to a single crop, rising from the prairie like a Russian czarist shrine. A palatial structure of onion domes and minarets that pays homage to America's number one crop: corn. The Corn Palace helped put little Mitchell, South Dakota on the map and has been attracting visitors for more than a century. http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_101/corn_palace.htm 03/28/08 There are a lot of folks working on developing alternative fuels but one in particular seems to be gaining a lot of momentum. It's ethanol, made from corn: American corn. And though not everyone agrees it's the best solution, a recent visit to Wyoming suggested a growing number of entrepreneurs, automakers, elected officials, farmers and, yes, even race car drivers are jumping on the ethanol bandwagon. http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_205/fast_lane.htm 03/28/08 Brett Herbst says that corn mazes are, "really a magical formula for farmers." Herbst graduated from Brigham Young University with a with a degree in agri-business. But instead of becoming a farmer, he decided to help other farmers get into agri-tourism by creating corn mazes that help them receive a steady revenue stream that’s not dependent on weather or crop yield. http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_218/corn_maze_builder.html 03/28/08 Agriculture's top scientists have time and again produced breakthroughs in creating healthier, hardier crops, along with better equipment to grow them. And we've all benefited. But at one university, some are now looking at a new challenge: can corn help in the fight against diabetes? http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_321/kernel_potential.html 03/28/08