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I’m Farming and I Grow It (@LMFAO Parody Video) Stories Behind It

This video is pure awesomeness from the Peterson Farm Boys in central Kansas. It is an agricultural version of one of today’s most popular songs — “I’m sexy and I know it” becomes “I’m farming and I grow it.” Love knowing that the kids who will run tomorrow’s farms are committed to the land and love what they do! The Peterson Farm in Kansas is now on my bucket list! I cannot shake the tune out of my head and the words have really stuck too!

When I first saw the video it had about two thousand views… it has gone over one million in just a few days! HOW COOL IS THAT?


 

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Since I posted this, the guys in the “I’m farming and I grow it” video have done quite a few interviews! I love their spot on Fox News Friday, June 29!

 

 an interview with their local paper that gives a little glimpse into what they had in mind. The oldest brother, Greg is majoring in both ag communications and music so it seems he found a great way to bring the two together. The article on the Salina (KS) Journal’s website says:

“We weren’t really thinking about doing a video at first, and then decided we ought to,” Greg said.

The brothers have posted several other videos depicting various aspects of farm life on “ThePetersonFarmBros” YouTube channel and lots of videos of Greg’s music-making on the “gregpetersonmusic” YouTube channel.

“We started filming the opening scene during wheat harvest, then couldn’t do much on it because we were super busy,” Greg said. “We did some in the evenings and on Sundays because we don’t work on Sunday.”

In all, he said, more than two hours of action was shot for what ended up as a 3-minute, 31-second video.

Scenes take place mostly around the family farm just east of Bridgeport, using fields, cattle, hay bales and combines as background and props. Other scenes were shot in a grocery store and in front of a billboard reminding people how many mouths an American farmer feeds.

“We were thinking of all the things we do around here and wanted to show that,” Nathan said.

via salina.com “Farming video creates a spin on YouTube”

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Comments

    • Janice Person says

      Isn’t it! The guys have been blown away buy it but just try to imagine their parents shock at the response! They’ve had a quarter of a million views in 36 hours!

  10. Val Plagge says

    Great video – I love it that the oldest brother is an Ag Communications major too (that was my major)! When I first viewed the video Tuesday morning there were only 2000 some odd views, now look!

  12. MST says

    Very nice video. This “city girl” really appreciates the hard work American farmers do.

    • Janice Person says

      I’m a city girl too! Appreciate all their hard work and the creativity with which these guys approached telling the story of agriculture!

  13. Fiona Lake says

    Hi Janice,

    The Peterson’s YouTube video has been seen by a lot of Australians also; I wrote a piece about it on my blog yesterday. They deserve praise from everyone involved in agribusiness, everywhere, for the great promotion they’ve given us all.

    Regards, Fiona Lake (Australia)

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  5. […] I’m Farming and I Grow It (@LMFAO Parody Video) Stories Behind It — The Peterson Farm Brothers came out of nowhere and have rocked the online farming world for sure. And I’ve had the chance to get to know Greg too. The passion he and his brothers have for their plants and animals is captivating. So much so, I wrote another post when I met Greg and Nathan in August for their live show of “I’m Farming & I Grow It” and again when they launched “Farmer Style” parody of PSY. […]

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