America’s Heartland, a half-hour, magazine-style series introducing consumers to American agriculture, launched its 10th season on Sept. 6.

Since its first episode in 2005, the show’s producers and reporters have brought viewers more than 700 informative and compelling stories about farm families, agricultural technology, consumer issues, animal welfare, environmental concerns and crop sustainability.

Several segments in Heartland’s history have focused on corn, barley and sorghum, and the U.S. Grains Council helped produce a special episode several seasons ago showing the trip corn can take from the Midwest through the U.S. transport system to Taiwan and mainland China. The show has also traveled to Egypt and Morocco to demonstrate the impact that American agriculture has on a global economy.

Produced by KVIE in Sacramento, California, season 10 of America’s Heartland will contain 22 weekly episodes that will run over 44 weeks on public television stations and RFD-TV.

More information about the program is available at www.americasheartland.org, and viewers can connect with the show on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Corn-specific episodes are available at http://www.americasheartland.org/commodities/corn.htm.