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French TV station takes pulse on Midwest farm

Part of Trump six-month checkup

Barb Bierman Batie
Aug 31, 2017
Aug 31, 2017 Updated May 15, 2018

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French TV station takes pulse on Midwest farm

Don Batie shows farmers’ initiative: use what works, as he opens and closes irrigation gates with his golf putter. TF1 on-air personality Axel Monnier walks behind cameraman Mathieu Derrien.

Barb Bierman Batie/Midwest Messenger

TV personality Axel Monnier and cameraman Mathieu Derrien, film crew from TF1 (French One TV).

Barb Bierman Batie/Midwest Messenger

Barb Bierman Batie/Midwest Messenger

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Barb Bierman Batie

LEXINGTON, Neb. — When the caller ID shows French TV and a Washington, D.C. number your first thought is, “really?” But because of my journalism background I knew French 1 has an affiliate in the District of Columbia so I picked up the phone.

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