Need a little inspiration? From facing an F-5 tornado to battling cancer and beyond, these producers share stories of how they’ve overcome big challenges with grit and grace.

Why don't we finish goals? Jon Acuff, best-selling author and motivational speaker, says we often focus on the wrong thing when we talk about our goals. It’s kind of like a marathon, he describes. Everyone cheers you on at the beginning and the end, but no one’s there in the middle – and that is the toughest part.

The act that helped open the country to settlement by farmers and veterans, the Homestead Act, is now approaching its 160-year anniversary. In use until 1986, some 270 million acres were claimed and settled.

The main goals of bio-based product preference programs are to increase income for farmers by increasing demand for the raw commodities they produce and help the environment by replacing petroleum as the main feedstock ingredient for many industrial and commercial products, such as plastics, lubricants, and enzymes.

It may be costing you more to grill out those burgers this Memorial Day. Details in today's AgDay Minute.

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