BIGWIDESKY announced that the “This is Harvest” video that has been nominated for an EMMY® from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-America. Filmed on pastoral heartland farms in Teutopolis, Illinois, the harvest video captures a day in the life of three generations of the Hartke family as they produce sustainable agricultural products for consumers all over the world while ensuring the family trade for generations to come.

Spot Media Production Group, deftly captured the family’s tireless work and the farm’s breathtaking imagery on behalf of the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC).

“Around the world, people are unaware that U.S. agriculture largely consists of multi-generational family farms,” says Lisa Humphreys, USSEC communications manager. “In fact, farm families like the Hartkes are the backbone of the U.S. farming industry.”

Experience what it really takes to harvest soybeans with David Hartke, his father Phillip, and David’s wife and four children.