With another year of farming under their belts, there is no time to rest; the preparation for next year's planting season is immediately underway.

Water can either be a farmer's best friend, or their biggest enemy and the elements can give life one day, and take it the next.

It's harvest time on the farm and watermelons, corn, and soybeans headline this year's successful yields.

The ladies pay a visit to their friends The New York Farm Girls on the east coast; farming isn't easy when the cows don't want to cooperate; the dairy farm crowns a new winner for Fastest Milker.

The farmers attend a Field Day in Indiana where they learn about the latest in farm technology; they get a sneak peek at a one-of-a-kind sprayer and are the first ones in America to test drive it.

The state fair isn't just funnel cakes and theme rides; the Cardinals are showing off their best hogs at the 4-H pig show; Nikki shows how to give the pets a proper rinse down; a pig-gone-wild threatens to disrupt Dallas' winning title.

It's a Fourth of July celebration at the Kalb farm; a homemade slip-and-slide is the star of the party but not everyone makes it down smoothly; Kevin and Brooks give an update on their corn.

It is watermelon planting season; the Cardinal family shows the importance of pollination using honey bees, and provides a tour of their farming operation; Kevin's equipment seems to break down at the worst time possible.

The Cardinal family harvests their wheat crop while planting soybeans afterward; Joe Dedman, the "Corn Whisperer," visits the Kalbs to share his wealth of knowledge; the Cardinal family navigates their flooded fields using water sports.

Rain threatens to disrupt the planting season so the Kalb family hosts a friendly shooting contest; Dallas Cardinal shows the best way to maintain a cultivator; tilling the dirt gets explosive.