The History of Our Farm - Part 1 - A Talk With Dad
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- Опубліковано 24 лют 2019
- I talked with Dad about the history of our farm and what it was like when he started farming. In Response to high demand!
MN Millennial Farmer, Zach Johnson, is a 5th generation family farmer from West-Central Minnesota. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experience on the family farm. His vision is to build the connection between farmers and consumers.
Zach's mission is to become a national voice for agriculture, provide farmer-to-farmer education, and facilitate a collaborative conversation between farmers and the public.
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Hearing your dads stories about the struggles in the 80's you cant help but think of John Cougars' "Rain on the Scarecrow" song and the auctioning off of the equipment and land. He has outlasted many farmers through hard work and dedication. It is a noble and honorable calling for you to continue the legacy started by so many proud and hard working men that came before. Wishing you nothing but continued success!
That's a good tune! I pinned your comment just for having good taste in music!
Lol,is a cool song!
One of my favorite Artists..listened to the scarecrow album millions of times...small town is probably my favorite mellencamp tune.
We were allowed to skip AG class , possibly encouraged a bit, to drive 2 hours to see John Cougar perform. Been so long ago I kinda forgot about it but he did some shows around can’t remember if it was part of the whole Farm Aid thing? Maybe someone can remember and add to it. Was in 85 or 86.
@@170boone I think hes done that farm aid since 85 . He was just up here in northern Alberta doing a concert in November
Your dads shy modesty is so genuine.... you just want to buy him a beer and listen to stories.
It was basically the same with DC Daddy Cornstar when Cole started his channel. He was shy. Now he is just as good as Cole is.
I just want to buy him a (beer/pop/tea..) and listen to stories 😊
That's great you did this, so much history!
Time for you guys for an interview with the old man!
Hi. I came across your Utube family videos last week by accident but found the first video so interesting that I'm straight on the IPad every night, the content is so interesting and I love the family input into each days work. From going to the fields to having your lunch boxes dilvered. It's a great series keep up the great video content.
P.s im not farming related.
Dave in the Uk.
Probably my favorite MN Millennial Farmer video yet. UA-cam is a great way to preserve those family stories for the next generations. Can’t wait for part 2
Brian's Farming Videos true Brian
Thats nice that you and zach are sharing your farms history
I agree..Am so thankful to have found this to follow.
Brian your videos of your dad farming in the 80's is kick ass
Your dad looked happy telling his story... Good man
You will NEVER regret having this on video!❤
Man is this true. I wish I filmed my dad and capturing some of his stories.
@@johncano2594 So do I. My dad passed away over 15 years ago now. I wish I had more video memories with him.
Your dad needs to be in more videos. He's a fountain of information. 😃
You have my attention! My dad was a bricklayer, I was, am a bricklayer, my son started out in the bricklaying trade. We all were meticulous arrangers of artistic burnt clay products. My brother is also a bricklayer. All but my son have had to quit bricklaying due to severe back problems. But the main thing is we all enjoyed what we did and there is most of our work still standing! Hang in there and now to part 2. Greg
After losing my dad 5 years ago, I often daydream of these stories. Dad grew up on a cattle and tobacco farm in Western, NC. He would get started on these old time stories about how tough times were but they were to poor to realize it. He would go on and on about the adversity they had to overcome. This video brought back so many for me. Cherish this video as one day it will be priceless.
These gentlemen are both part of the American Dream. It is not an easy way of life, but they benefit from their efforts.
Hi guys ... very interesting story! My Great grandad + family came to Mountain Lake from Holland via Ukraine in 1876!
My Grandad + family moved to Saskatchewan in 1907 & homesteaded! My brother sold the homestead 12 yrs ago & retired! He went into pigs with about 35 sows & about 1000 feeding hogs continuously. Also purebreds Simmental beef cattle!
I spent my years as an Electrical Engineering Technology with the majority of the time with the Saskatchewan Power Corporation! We’re now living in Regina, home of the Farm Progress Show.
I’m really enjoying your farm series ... keep it up!
"For Pete's Sake" Zach, why did it take you so long to get your Dad on! Can't wait to hear the rest of your farms history!
He's taken a while to warm up to the camera! I'm happy to see you're still watching by the way, your comment a few months back really stuck with me. Thanks for watching Kevin!
There are so many people who can benefit from hearing your dads story . Most don’t know the hard work and dedication that the American farmer has. The struggles they go through and the hard times . Men like yourself and your Dad are the backbone of this country . God Bless ya , great story , keep up the great work.
Thanks for doing this. It's easy to watch a channel like this with a large farm and good equipment and the average viewer thinks that's just the way it always is. Discussing the struggles of the past makes us all stronger. It sets the bar high as far as work ethic, persistence, and doing your best with what you have. It is a reminder that a farm is built over a lifetime, and sometimes you have to bet big on yourself. That was a gutsy move your mom & dad made to pull out and relocate 180 miles from their home base, even with the local family connection. I'm impressed that you both did it as a frank discussion and never got preachy or "poor us" about it. The tough times are what make the good times even better. One of your best episodes.
Thank you sir!
Listening to your dad brings back a lot of memories. Used to help my grandpa and uncle on their dairy farm . Feeding and milking and cleaning the barn. At 6 yrs old grandpa wanted to go fishing so he took me out to the tractor and made sure I could reach the steering wheel and throttle and said you're going to go help your uncle bail hay because he was going fishing. I learned so much about work ethic and respect from doing that type of stuff. Prayers to all our farmers for a safe and bountiful harvest.
I live in a city of 300,000 people. Have zero desire to be a farmer. Yet here I am watching every video religiously. Absolutely love your channel.
What a great episode this is. Dad seems like a great man to have as a father. Thank You all for doing what you do for our country...........
I can’t believe this video isn’t more popular I mean the history of homesteaders turning to farmers to ranchers just all the different things they do to make it work and how your grandfather never ever sold the farm is awesome he just knew that someday the family would come back to the homestead I love this video Zach! So you guys are easily over 100 years old I would love to talk to ya sometime about this specific story in more detail my family started homesteading running cattle in north eastern Oregon in 1822 in two years we will got a two century ranch. Thank you so much not saying your other videos are good but this is the best video you have some because there is nothing more interesting then the history! Awesome video guys your dad is amazing just the diligence he had to keep going through all the ups and downs.
I loved hearing the old stories from your dad. My mom retired from the USDA after 40 years and I remember her talking about those farm programs. She worked at the ASCS office and was responsible for managing those programs with the farmers within the county she worked for here in Indiana. She worked a lot of evenings back in the 70’s and I remember going out to work with her at night. Brought back a lot of memories. Thank you for sharing
I just watched the next two years, we need some more story time with Nate in 2021. I'm from dairy country in eastern PA, born in the mid seventies, some of the earliest news I remember was about the farm crisis. I'm glad you're dad harnessed his connections and came up through it. It's obvious where your work ethic comes from.
This is a perfect example of how hard successful farmers work and have worked spanning generations to build a successful farm like you have, everyone just assumes you are magically rich and there were no blood sweat and tears involved, good on you guys, a hard days work for honest pay, you and your family deserve without question everything you have worked so long and hard to build.
this is what farming is about ... the history of how we all survived the tough times. Your dad is a great man who has a great work ethic and it shows why the Midwest is the best place to live. Thank you both and I hope to have more history about the farm.
Dad please keep telling stories and being on everyday activities on film. Love it!
I AGREE WITH YOU
Your dad is the salt of the earth. Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Enjoyed hearing the history from your Dad
Love the family history, it was nice to finally meet your dad. Can't wait for Pt.2!
Zach!! What a wonderful, hardworking man your father has become!! I enjoy your channel and I am the same age as your Dad!! He is a humble and hardworking role model for you and your future family of farmers!! Congrats!! Enjoy your video's and warm greetings from Canada!! Stay safe and all the best wishes for future success!! GIDDYUP!!
Thanks for sharing ! Love family history.
Love the channel I travel from Tennessee to redwood falls MN about 5 times a year. I love the 2 hour drive from Minneapolis to redwood all farms.
Love to hear the story of the farm your dad is a pretty cool guy
Love the history and getting to see your dad. Keep it up Zach
Thank you dad for sharing!
What a fantastic video for your kids to look back at in the future.
Thought this was a great video. Cool to hear the history of the farm and where it came from. Can’t wait for the next one!!
Thank you for sharing your history and was nice to see your dad in the video.
Awesome, thank you for sharing Zach. Farm and family history is so important.
Perseverance and Grit of the American Farmer , Thank You for the history .
Can't get enough stories...MORE PLEASE.
Zach, EXCELLENT video! Can't wait for part two. Thanks for sharing!
I love old stories of history...
I love hearing the history of these family farms. Looks like it's still in good hands.
We were all broke.. Thanks for sharing Zach
I love hear the history of farming and farmers. Thank you for sharing
I'm really enjoying everyone's historical videos. Great to see the transfer from the generations.
I am the same age as your dad and can sure relate to his experiences, I started in 81.
You're a lucky guy Zach, your Dad is a gem.
You’ll be so glad you filmed this in years to come. Your kids will learn a lot about the grandparents.
Great to hear your family history enjoyed hearing from your dad he’s always in the background I know he is a wealth of knowledge men like him built this Country keep the videos coming Thanks
I agree with most other commenters, this is one of my favorite MN Farmer videos. It is great to hear your dad tell stories.
This vid embodies what makes America great
I am a recent follower to your channel, love watching your content. Thank you for the history story. Love hearing stories. Want to say thank you to you and your family for the hard work you do, goes for all farmers reading this as well.
Thanks for sharing your family farm history! I can't wait for Part 2!
Brought back my childhood memories of being raised on a dairy farm back east. Lots of hard times for sure and my Dad always had a full time day job 5 days a week in order to make ends meet. Even so ends didn't always meet. We always had food to eat but not much else. Anyway thanks for the video. Jim.
I always cherish moments like this with my father family history and “war”stories.....
amazing to hear these stories from your father. so cool to see the farm when in the 80's. keep these coming.
thank you! i just love history and hearing about farms and the generations that farmed the land!
Love that story Zac. Nothing beats knowing the back ground of your farming history as no matter how tough times be, it makes us strive to do bigger an better things so we can creat our own bit of history for our future generations. Fair play to your amazing father as well. Love from Ireland 🇮🇪
This is an excellent vid Zach. Your Dad looks like a great guy and I give him a lot of credit for stepping up in front of the camera. He looked really uncomfortable when the video started (even though he didn’t sound it) but you could see he began to look a lot more relaxed as the video went on, still, he strikes me as definitely a “behind the scenes” kind of guy. It’s nice to have the kind of traceable family history that you guys have. Looking forward to Part ll.
That was an absolute great video I truly enjoyed seeing and listening to your dad he seems like a great guy and look forward to part two and hopefully seeing him in more of your videos
Excellent, enjoy history and love when a dad is around to tell it
I use to talk to my dad to hear all of the old family stories. I have made it a point to tell these stories to my grandkids. My dad is gone now but our family stories will live on.
Wow, so much history. Thank you for sharing. 👍
Where is part 2?
Awesome video. Love it. Sending greetings from Göteborg, Sweden.
These stories reminds of my grand father when he repaired his fiat combine with a match.
Thank you once again...
Good video Zach! I love hearing the old stories how y’all had the same struggles we had in the same years. My daddy told me the same stories here in south Ga. Thanks for sharing
Great history. I grew up on a family dairy farm. Taught us how to do real work and gave us a great work ethic. We still own the 850 acre farm but my dad got out of farming in 83.
so awesome! very cool story. such a beautiful farm.
Very touching video. Bring back memories of the time I spent on my grandparents farm.
Your family is proof that the “American Dream” is alive.
Keep the awesome videos coming.
Thank you Zach , great video, great Dad, looking forward to part 2.
This is what we’ve all been waiting for. Thanks Zach love the family history stories.
The man the myth the legend alot of older guys have great storys and they dont realise it because its just the life they lived
That's awesome. I recently got all the history of our family farm and a family tree all the way back to Germany. My grandmother had all the paperwork going back to 1870 on the history of the farm.
Thank you both for your family history. ❤️
Cherish that time with your Dad, love the vids and cant wait for the Rest of the Story.
I need part 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 Zach I need it. Love hearing your father talk about our history. Greetings from West Virginia
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How Inspirational!
do you have a channel too?
glad to see you uploading again I love watching your videos and I'm glad to learn about how your farm started.
Awesome that you're still on a Family farm,and your Farming with your Dad
Yeah it is interesting to here these stories. My neighbors farm road was the first road to a town near us. Power was put in in 1936.
My Dad told me of when they walked home from school and they rounded the corner and spotted the large coil of copper for electricity. They took off running with excitement! 1st to have electric in the area! Oh, how I miss him and his stories, I got several on video. His Grandma/Grandpa were Johnsons. West central Indiana.
Just watched part 2 and it said comments are disabled. Love hearing the family history of farms.
Thanks for doing this. I love hearing about the history of all our farms. Good work!
This is a great story! My family of Johnson's were originally from Sweden!
I think most son's were from Sweden or the Scandinavian area. I have some ancestors from that area and it's fascinating how surnames worked in that area once upon a time. If your name was Anders and your dad was named John, then your surname would be Johnson, and then your sons would have the surname Andersson. Your daughters would have the surname Andersdottir. So you only ended being a Johnson, or Anderson, or Rasmusson because at some point the families just stuck with the same surname. Had they ended the tradition a generation sooner you could have been a Wilson or something. Whatever first name Johns dad had lol.
Great video 👍🏻👍🏻 was very much anticipated. Farming has a lot of ups and downs. Like finding the bathroom 🚽 in the wild. Sometimes it’s great sometimes it sucks. Thank you so much for the video and glad to see your dad. Family farming is great. This farm has been family owned since 1801
do you have a channel too?
American Farming Family no I don’t. I’m lucky to figure this much out. At 70 that’s a huge accomplishment. Lol. You young men and women can handle it now.
nice to hear story's of the past and to see how the farm has progressed over the years.
I love hearing about the old days and seeing old pictures
Your dad has a great memory. I'm just a little older than your dad, but allowing for four years of college and four years of managing a research farm before coming back to the farm full time puts us in the same time-frame. I remember the bad times in the 80's and it was not fun raising five kids. Looking forward to part 2.
Great story. I am the same age as your dad and also grew up on a farm. I also had hogs for an FFA project and wanted to farm. Wasn't possible for me to secure the financing to farm so I became a John Deere mechanic. So much has changed in our lifetimes.
@@merlars I'll bet that "have enough money to get started thing" is getting worse be the minute!
Great video!!! Can't wait for part two.. Love listening to history!!
Tell your father great job keep up the great work..
Thank you so much for sharing your story and family history . Can't wait for the next video. God bless the farmer ,and farmlife
Hello from Sweden!!!
The only reason I follow you is that in the first video you told that your family comes from Sweden. I myself live in Falköping which lies between the two large lakes we have. In which part of Sweden did your relatives come from?
Have you heard about the Swedish TV program Everything for Sweden "Allt för Sverige"? In this program Swedish Americans is competing where first prize is to meet all relatives living in Sweden. During the journey, the participants get puzzle pieces that make their family map complete while learning about the Swedish history and how it is to live in the country.
Love it, you have a unique family and history
I love hearing the stories your dad tells. You got a fantastic dad there who is very humble and rightfully proud. Thanks for sharing those great stories and I look forward to part 2.
Nice to see Nate your dad on your video! My great great grandfather came over from Ireland in 1828 when he was about 14 years old with his dad & brothers. He eventually got to Renville Co. Mn. and settled an 80 acre claim in 1866. My bothers & I now own the farm. It was passed on to us from our mom who was born & raised there. It’s only about 200 acres. 100 farm land & 100 pasture. Some pasture land adjoining the Mn. river in Flora township, right where the Dakota conflict was. About a mile away is where the Rice Creek Indians lived ! They started the war when they killed the 5 people at Acton, which is near the town of Grove City. The building site is no longer there except the barn stone foundation. The Schwandt family memorial (A state monument) is a mile west of our farms building site. They where a German family recently settled in1862 who where killed in the Dakota Conflict in Aug. 18, 1862. It’s nice to know the history of your farm. Sorry to hear your grandpa dying so young & your dad not knowing him. Excited to hear more in part 2. This is Dennis ( age 66)from Tracy, Mn.
great video, really enjoyed it. thx
I absolutely love stories of how life use to be. Thank you so much for spending time to share with us.
Thank you. It nice to hear about the family farm.
It very hard life today.
That was in 93 we where dry and the northwest was wet so wet the Mississippi was flooded from one end to the other
Western Ontario Canada we were in over out heads in water, our corn came off in January but may as well stayed there .
Your lucky to have your dad around helping you on the farm. I lost my dad in 1984 and still miss his help and advice.
That was great, thoroughly enjoyed listening to your dad. Can't wait for part 2!
That was awesome. I love the history of farming. Nothing better the family stories.
I love this video. You dad is the perfect example of what makes this country so great. Humble, hard working, smart, proud. Now I see why you are who you are.
Thank you very much sir. That's a heck of a compliment.
Your dad looks like an awesome person very genuine vibe.
He's both awesome and genuine for sure