It’s been 12 years since the release of the first parody video by the Peterson Farm Bros of Kansas. Since then, the trio has gained hundreds of thousands of followers on social media for their farm-inspired parodies and experienced many life changes.
Greg Peterson, the eldest of the three brothers, recently reflected on his life changes since the first video was released over a decade ago.
“We’ve even made the joke that we should probably change our name from the Peterson Farm Bros to the Peterson Farm Dads because we’ve graduated from the boy band we used to be,” he said. “Our farm has changed a lot in those 12 years, our family’s changed a lot, and our lives have changed a lot. So, it’s kind of fun to watch the videos from however many years ago, because they kind of document that stage of life and that stage of the farm, too.”
Peterson said the inspiration for the videos comes from his farming background and his desire to create engaging content. Greg also has an extensive background in music, so much so that he minored in music performance while studying agriculture communications at Kansas State University.
“It’s a very strange combination of majors. I think I was the only one at K-State with that combination.”
Among the most popular parodies, Peterson said their followers enjoyed Tractorstuck (Thunderstruck – AC/DC) and Pour Some Sileage on Me (Pour Some Sugar on Me – Def Leppard). Today, the family has grown the Peterson Farm Bros brand to include a wedding venue and additional digital content for production agriculture.
Peterson said he hopes he can continue to communicate the dynamics of family farming.
“I think sometimes as farmers, we get caught up in the day-to-day grind and you tend to focus on the things that aren’t good enough, like the prices or the weather or whatever it is,” he said. “You forget kind of the big picture and the overall vision… And so I think it’s important to do both.”
Peterson was in West Point, Nebraska, on March 13th. He presented to about 90 FFA members during the Ag Career Day event hosted by Cuming County Farm Bureau and the West Point Chamber of Commerce. He also spoke at the annual Ag Appreciation dinner that evening where about 300 people were in attendance.
