This week on the Super Smart Farm Show, we're heading out to the pig pen to find out if pigs are really as dirty as they seem.

There's no question about it: Pigs love the mud. But why? Is it simply because mud is fun? Or is there more to it than that? Could all that mud actually be helping pigs?

Join host Elmer and Piper the pig as they get to the bottom of why pigs love mud.

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This week on the Super Smart Farm Show, we're taking a trip to the library to check out one of our favorite farming books, 'Charlotte's Web,' by E.B. White.

Generations of children have loved the story of Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider, but just how realistic is the farm portrayed in 'Charlotte's Web?' How did E.B. White know how to write about farm animals? Do pigs really go to county fairs?

Join host Elmer and Lucy the librarian as they dive into the world of 'Charlotte's Web' to discover what makes E.B. White's writing so terrific.

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This week on the Super Smart Farm Show, we're bundling up in our hats and scarves and then heading out to the barn to find out how farm animals stay warm in the winter.

Cows don't wear coats and coal stoves aren't safe for the barn. So how do animals stay warm during the winter? It turns out, they're able to stay nice and toasty thanks to some natural defenses against the cold and with help from farmers.

Join host Elmer and Brody the steer as they discuss how different animals around the farm are able to keep warm during the coldest months of the year.

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This week on the Super Smart Farm Show, we're stopping by the chicken coop to learn why chickens and roosters are such a chatty bunch.

Chickens and roosters make all kinds of sounds, but what are they trying to say? What's the difference between a gentle cluck and an ear-splitting squawk? And did you know that chickens and roosters make different noises in different languages?

Join host Elmer and Roy the rooster as they get to the bottom of this listener-submitting question of why chickens squawk, cackle and cluck.

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This week on the Super Smart Farm Show, it's time to head out to the Christmas tree farm to pick out the perfect Christmas tree.

Christmas tree farmers put in a lot of work to make their farms welcoming places during the holidays, but they work even hard all year round to get their trees ready for Christmas. How long do they care for those trees before they're ready to be cut? And what happens to Christmas trees after the holiday season is over?

Join host Elmer and Dougie the Douglas fir as they talk tree farming and get ready to celebrate Christmas!

This week on the Super Smart Farm Show, we're heading out to the barn to learn all about how tractors power the tools they pull behind them, from balers to tillers.

Tractors pull a variety of tools behind them, but tractors engines, the source of these tools' power, are all the way up front. So how does the power from the engine travel all the way back to those tools? The answer lies in a tractor part called the power take-off. But what is a power take-off and how does it work?

Join host Elmer and Frank the farmer as they figure out the answers and learn how power take-off keeps those mowers mowing and tillers tilling.

This week on the Super Smart Farm Show, we're trotting out to the stables to discover why horses wear horseshoes.

There's nothing like the distinctive "clip-clop" of shoed horses, but why do they need shoes in the first place? Do all horses wear shoes? When you outgrow your shoes, it's time to head to the shoe store, but where do horses get their shoes?

Join host Elmer and Poppy the pony as they figure out the answers and learn why horseshoes are an important part of caring for horses.

This week on the Super Smart Farm Show, we're getting our gobble on and looking at why we eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

Nowadays, turkey is the star of the Thanksgiving table. But did you know that at the very first Thanksgiving between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in 1621, turkey was nowhere to be seen! What was eaten instead? And who do we have to thank for introducing turkey as our go-to Thanksgiving meal?

Join host Elmer and Wendy the farmer as they figure out the answers and learn about how Thanksgiving became what it is today.