June 13, 2015. Harper, Texas. RFD.

We are having lots of fun watching the RFD Channel. It stands for Rural Farm Delivery and provides programming for those folks who live on farms and ranches. Every day we watch the prices for wheat and cattle and corn and beans, along with pork and barley. What is clear from watching on TV is that farmers have gone high tech. Every day a program called Phd.Ag.gives information on what to do to your farm to raise yield. Not easy but interesting. In addition, several states have an hour on how things are done in their state. The Texas Reporter is shown each week and is worth a look. Yesterday we watched an hour of Georgia farms. And there is music in the evenings too, many times from Nashville. They are working hard to try to have city people get to know farmers. So far they are just talking about how to do it as they admit they have had little success. Their weather reports are superior to the weather channel. More information and better maps, which pleases Ken. I don't know why but this is the only place where we watch the RFD channel, perhaps because this is the only place we pay for it. We do not recall ordering it but we are enjoying the RFD channel. We are pretending to be farmers and ranchers!!