This fall marks an end to Jay Reiners’ farming career. None of his kids are interested in coming back to the farm, so he’s retiring. With no regrets, he knows the legacy of the farm lives on in the success of his children.
For kids who know nothing about agriculture, stepping foot into the Children's Discovery Museum in Normal, Ill., might be their one chance to walk in a farmer’s shoes.
In 1960, the Minneapolis Lakers were traveling back from St. Louis on their team plane. The plane lost electrical power, and the pilots had to make an emergency landing in the middle of a corn field in Carroll, Iowa.