Greg Peterson
and His Wife
of the renown
Peterson Farm Bros.
visited
Georgia
Saturday, March 27, 2021 Greg Peterson was sponsored by the Morgan County Farm Bureau, the Young Farmers of Morgan County and the Morgan County Future Farmers of America to give a presentation entitled "Advocating Agriculture."
My Bride and I took the opportunity to attend this event which was very educational and also very entertaining. The Peterson Farm Bros. became well known after Videos they posted on U-Tube were overnight sensations. The first Video was performed by all Three Brothers entitled "I'm Farming and I Grow It" which was a parody of "I'm Sexy and I Know it!" After one Television Station in Kansas picked the video up it garnered 20,000 views in one day. Of course the other two Stations followed and soon more thousands of views followed. It was only a matter of a few days until "Fox and Friends" heard of this and invited the Three Peterson Farm Brothers to New York City for an interview. Within a matter of days the first video garnered five million views in seven days.
The first video was recorded by their eleven year old Sister. She is now a student at Kansas State where her three Brothers also attended College. The Brothers are now married and are in their twenties. The first video was recorded about ten years ago and they now have twenty. As the Brothers developed the videos their purpose was to educate City Kids about Farming, specifically "Farming Can Be Fun!"
The Peterson Farm Bros. are the fifth generation of Farmers in Central Kansas and with the help of their Dad they Farm 3000 acres. They usually have 1000 beef cattle that they feed to market weight.
In addition to performing several videos Greg discussed how Farming has evolved over the years and how equipment has allowed one farmer to be very productive o providing food for us all. We all were encouraged to talk about the need for "Farmers" in our Society, be one on one conversations with our peers, discussions with Youth involved in the future of Agriculture, specifically those involved in FFA and/or 4-H.
In summary we learned that to be successful in Farming, as in many occupations, the people involved must practice Team Work. Greg and his Brothers also consider it "Cool" to be a Farmer.
The following five pictures were taken during our visit:
Greg with His Wife. Greg is the oldest!
Greg and My Self, the author and
editor of this Blog!
The Autograph Session!
My Bride and I prior to the
Presentation. We all enjoyed a
Delicious BBQ Lunch prior
to the Presentation!
The view as we departed the event.
Should you desire to view the 20 videos check out "The Peterson Farm Bros." on Facebook or U-Tube.
