Shows midwestern farms surrounded by trees. Moving shots show crop fields, and big rig trucks drive down a highway. A train crosses a bridge over water. A ship is seen sailing in the background, then a tractor works in fields of wheat (grain). A truck drives down a road past a mailbox, and a a man watches near a barbed wire fence. Cows with their calves are seen in front of silos, and a woman pulls pants from a clothesline then places them inside a laundry basket.
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