This program joins a small group of farmers for the wheat harvest on the vast plains of the Russian Steppes. It is some of the best farmland in the country—flat, fertile, and very hot in the summer—and it’s about as far south as one can go in the new Russia. The program explores the impact on farming methods and the way of life for Russian farmers, as the giant collective farms of the Communist era have given way to farmers who now own their own land. Using three-dimensional graphics and aerial photography, the program flies over the region to allow us to see the region’s geographical relationship to the rest of Russia. (20 minutes)