Fighter Pilot Volunteers for Farm Rescue

North Dakota-based Farm Rescue has been helping farmers and ranchers deal with family emergencies for nearly 20 years. Former Kansas farm broadcaster Kathy Patton-Strunk has personal experience with Farm Rescue after her son was hospitalized and unable to harvest his crops this fall. “They sent him a volunteer, a jet fighter pilot, and he showed up with a grease gun and tools,” relates Patton-Strunk. “The other combine operators were pretty impressed because they didn’t have to show him where the grease zerts were on the combine. Lance is now back training pilots in Alaska. He’s a native of Hayes, Nebraska, a farm guy that still loves going to farms in the Heartland. I’m sure he has other things to do but he volunteers during his leave.” Patton-Strunk said Farm Rescue is ready to help during a time of crisis. Since its inception in 2005, Farm Rescue has assisted more than 1,100 farm and ranch families. Click here to hear the full interview.