By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post

You may remember the Peterson Farm Brothers from their break-out viral video five years ago “We’re Farmers and We Grow It.”

The three brothers from Assaria, Greg, Nathan and Kendal, have parlayed their social media sensation into active advocacy for agriculture and farmers.

Greg has traveled to 49 states and eight foreign countries singing the family’s parodies and informing audiences about the importance of agriculture. Their YouTube videos have received more than 45 million views.

All three brother will be at the Russell County Free Fair at 9 p.m. July 27, where they perform some of their parodies and relate their ag message.

Greg, 26 and Nathan, 23 are both graduates of Kansas State University and Kendal, 21, is a student there. All three are working on the family’s fifth-generation 1,400 acre row-crop farm with their dad and hope to make farming their careers.

“We just hope the presentations inspire those who are in farming to be proud of what they are doing and to share that message with others,” he said. “For people who aren’t in the ag community, we want them to think about and realize how important farming is and to be thankful to the farmers around them. We want to give the audience a feel-good feeling about farming and who farmers are.”

Keeping farmers inspired is even more important during a depressed farm economy, Greg said.

“With the ag economy being harder, I think it is easier for farmers to get discouraged,” he said, “and not feel really good about what they are doing. Despite where the economy is at, the service we are providing is really important, and you can still get a lot of enjoyment out of what you are doing. We just try to share that in our videos.”