I like my privacy. After he was done with high school, my dad came back north to the old family farm and started farming on his own, he said, adding that his mother Karla works for Glenwood State Bank. Johnson has branded himself as the "MN Millennial Farmer" and holds a media presence that aspiring content creators would dream of having. Zach helped on the farm growing up, and after graduating in 2003, he attended Northwest Technical College in Bemidji. The one thing I learned in the last year was to be myself and to be motivated for things I want to be motivated for. Temperatures actually got up to 70, with plenty of sun and breeze. Jordyn Taylor is the Executive Digital Editor at Men's Health. Each day, Johnson hits his fields with his camera and records whatever he feels his audience needs to see from that day. Now, one of his main supporters - his wife, Becky - will edit and upload the videos to YouTube while he's out recording another. Find contact details for 700 million professionals. Now 33 years old, Zach realized he could produce something that would be both entertaining and enlightening for the general public. Over the course of three days, they photographed and videoed close to 50 head. He is 37 years old today and sits on 350 acres of prime land where he farms soybeans and corn. In September 2017, Johnson had gone six weeks without posting, so he figured hed show people how the farm was preparing for harvest season, the busiest time of year. The first few videos Johnson created for YouTube launched in April of 2016, capturing the ups and downs of farming in the spring in Minnesota and minor issues experienced while corn planting. Gagliese says that with Johnson's audience, he wouldn't be surprised if the MN Millennial Farmer brand sold between 1,000 to 2,000 units per month, earning an estimated $3,000 to $6,000 per month. To keep the magic coming, Johnson has to be farmer and content creator simultaneously, and the two jobs require different kinds of all-in commitment. His signature sponsor right now is Farmers Business Network, but other partnerships include, or have included, John Deere, WD-40 (Johnson's very first sponsor), AGCO, J&M Manufacturing, Walls Clothing, Lumax, May Wes Manufacturing and Dakota Micro. I mean, I just couldnt believe it., The appeal of his channel isnt exactly surprising to Jessica Gall Myrick, Ph.D., an associate professor of media studies at Pennsylvania State University. Zach Johnson (Minnesota Millennial Farmer) is a 5th generation family farmer from West-Central Minnesota. Zach Johnson farms near the town of Lowry, but he's best known for what he posts online. Its relaxing.. Isla, 3, rode along in the combine with her dad, Zach Johnson. Johnson won his first PGA Tour event in 2004 at the BellSouth Classic outside of Atlanta, one stroke ahead of runner-up Mark Hensby. With a goal of making a video most days, Zach spends his day farming and recording his activities along with explanations of what hes doing. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experience on the family farm. 2. That harvest went on and on. 2023 Meredith Corporation. It was a fruitful harvest, but there was just one problem: Winter was coming. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Hosted by three farmers, Field Work is a podcast that provides space for frank discussions about the benefits and challenges of sustainable agriculture. WILLMAR, Minn. The sun was shining on Minnesotas livestock farms, but temperatures of 15 below zero in late January required lots of management. By the end of his harvesting season, he had reached the 30,0000 mark. He made a five-foot (1.5m) putt on the last hole for an apparent three-shot victory, but a ruling on the final hole resulted in a two-stroke penalty. Sex. The Challenger tractor was driven by employee Jim or dad, Nate, and the grain cart rolled alongside the combine to accept corn on-the-go. "There are some YouTubers who have three million followers who get less views than he does on his videos, which tells us this is someone who has an extremely engaged audience that's super into his content. Viewers can also learn more about Zach on the website. You cant make a video out of that., ONE OF THE trickiest parts of running Millennial Farmer has been figuring out how to grow in the off-season. It took about a year and a half for his YouTube channel to take off, but last fall it did. He credits this video's popularity to its "good three-act narrative," complete with a setup, a conflict and a resolution. But while his family attended his visitation, a group of neighboring farmers headed out to his land to combine his beans. October 12, 2021. It is a great place to raise kids. But on Zach Johnson's recent trip to Las Vegas, it only happened a few times. Photo by Andrea Johnson. "He's not just a fitness person, he's not just someone who does jokes he's a farmer. Western Minnesota farmer Zach Johnson has amassed big YouTube following with his down-on-the-farm videos. We believe GMO crops are safe, he says in a June 6, 2016, video called Spraying corn with Round up. We have grown all GMO crops for many years. As he shows off the trailer that he uses to transport water and chemicals for spraying corn, Johnson moves on to glyphosate: If you listen to Dr. Oz, its basically killing us all, he says. It just snowballed and continues to grow.. Just because they do something different, it does not mean that it's wrong. For related content and insights from industry experts, sign up for Successful Farming newsletters. I'm glad I can be that guy.". "The term millennial is like a buzzword. 241.6K. He continued solid play for the rest of the summer, finishing in the top-10 in six of the next seven tournaments he would enter, including an 8th-place finish at the PGA Championship, making it back to back top-10 finishes at major events. Not all millennials are entitled and lazy," Johnson said. Send us a 3 minute videohighlighting your farm and we might pay you a visit to feature your farm on our Youtube channel! Thats one thing that gets overlooked. Gagliese points out that if the MN Millennial Farmer brand is making much less than what he has predicted, it could be a missed opportunity. He has also made other TV appearances on Fear Factor, Two and a Half Men, Happy Endings, The Neighborhood, 9-1-1: Lone Star, and United States of Al.On the big screen, Smith starred opposite Al Pacino and Annette Bening . I guess that, in a nutshell, was kind of the beginning of it all.. But do we really know everything there is to know about the Millennial Farmer?DisclaimerI believe all content used falls under the remits of Fair Use, but if any content owners would like to dispute this I will not hesitate to immediately remove said content. To date, Johnson's YouTube channel has received over 70 million views. Companies want to know about millennials to know what they're buying and how to market for them in the future," he said. His father is of Greek descent and his mother is of mostly English and Scottish ancestry. KENSINGTON, Minn. - Fifth generation farmer, Zach Johnson, spent a few years thinking about putting videos on the Internet. Zach Johnson, a 37-year-old western Minnesota farmer, has become a YouTube star with frequent videos about farm work and life that he posts . He started his channel due to the recent interest in food, combined with a large amount of misinformation. ", "I wanted to stick up for farmers," Johnson said passionately. We know our kids and know when theyre into it., I asked him a couple times, but Johnson wouldnt tell me exactly how much he earns through YouTube. Golf News. "I can't get up three times during the night to check on a dryer, then go to work at 6 a.m., work until 11 p.m. and then spend two or three hours editing at night. You got this. Farmer Zach Johnson, owner of the YouTube channel MN Millennial Farmer, told Bloomberg that he and his wife made five times more on YouTube in 2018 than from his family farm. MILLENNIAL FARMER, LLC. Zach moved to New York City after failing his last college class by one point. In July 2019, Johnson fell out of the Official World Golf Ranking top 100 players for the first time since April 2004, when his first tour victory at the 2004 BellSouth Classic vaulted him from 126th in the world to 49th. Its pretty rare to have that perfect year we all want.. Zach Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to Mary Frances (Cashion), who owned a community arts center, and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil vendor. ZJ: Most are of my own farm. He has captivated and built his audience for almost three years by doing one thing: being himself. Since we made these saddlebags for our side-by-side, its been much easier to grab the calf feed buckets because theyre lower to the read more. (Because of tax laws that are way too boring to get into, Johnson and his dad hold separate plots but farm them all together, each paying rent on the others machinery and sharing the same four workers. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experience on the family farm. Three weeks after putting his FedExCup play-off hopes on the back burner to perform best man duties at his brother's wedding, Zach Johnson emerged as the best man standing at the weather-delayed . Gagliese estimates the sponsorship vertical of MN Millennial Farmer could bring in between $5,000 and $15,000 per branded post. The concept suggests that when were feeling agitated, we tend to seek out calming mediayou know, like an 18-minute, drama-free video about grain bins. The machines need to be prepped so we spent the day working on trucks and tractors. His vision is to build the connection between farmers and consumers. The MN Millennial Farmer brand now includes YouTube videos, public speaking engagements, farm tours, merchandise and the recent debut of the"Off The Husk" podcast, backed by Farmers Business Network, his biggest sponsor to date. [2], The son of a chiropractor, Johnson was born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Cedar Rapids,[3] the eldest of Dave and Julie Johnson's three children. Becky and I try to respond to as many posts as possible. That's when he became known as the "MN Millennial Farmer. The heavy clay loam soil is similar to the black and heavy soils in the Red River Valley located about 40-50 miles to the west. What I do is different from what my great-great-grandfather did in 1876, but it's still honest work and we're still doing a good job. Playing many sports as a youth (baseball, basketball, football, and soccer), Johnson took up golf at age 10 and developed his skills at Elmcrest Country Club. The Johnson family has roots in Sweden, with the first generation of Johnsons settling the farm in the 1870s. He grabbed some rope, chains, and his video camera. I grew up loving it, he says. His victory took Johnson from #56 to #15 in the world rankings; he was the first outside the top 50 in the world rankings to win the Masters in the history of the rankings (introduced 1986). At the time of this reporters visit, Zach felt the growing season produced high-average to above-average soybean and corn yields for the region. You get that compaction, you wreck the microbes in the soil, and you end up with a poorer crop next year; but at some point you have to get out there and you have to get your investment back to get what you can from the crop youve invested into.. "There's a lot of millennials that work very hard and are proud of what they do. Johnson declined to give a specific amount or a range of his earning potential. Johnson's "Tractor Stuck in the MUD" video has garnered over 1.6 million views (his most viewed video yet) since he uploaded it in early June, but it's just another day in the life of the fifth generation Minnesota farmer better known on YouTube as MN (Minnesota) Millennial Farmer. WILLMAR, Minn. The sun was shining on Minnesotas livestock farms, but temperatures of 15 below zero in late January required lots of management. Johnson had heard of people making money off YouTube. Wife Becky handles the business end of the Millennial Farmer brand that includes YouTube videos, speaking engagements, podcasts, and merchandise. 4 welldynerx.com; gmail.com; welldyne.com; hotmail.com; 4 571264XXXX; 863279XXXX; 973-287-XXXX; 703-491-XXXX; Zach Johnson . Hed eventually get himself a GoPro, not to mention loosen up a little in front of the camera, but in the early days, Johnson filmed himself on his cell phone with a single goal in mind. Johnson's uncle, Tom Harris, qualified for the 1975 NAIA national tournament. He uses a different style of filming to make it as easy as possible for her, and says it's an efficient process. At the 2014 U.S. Open, Johnson had a hole in one on the 172 yard par-3 9th hole. He and his dad work full-time while employing one part-time Lowry resident and three to four seasonal workers. Now I would say its quite a bit more than that, Johnson grants meand its making him a lot more money than farming.. On his website, mnmillennialfarmer.com, theres opportunities to buy merchandise with the Minnesota Millennial Farmer logo and see some of his endorsed products for sale. Gagliese estimates Johnson probably makes between $2,500 to $5,000 a month from YouTube ads alone. The best result we found for your search is Zachary John Johnson age 30s in Kensington, MN. [10] Johnson defeated Troy Matteson, who started the day up four shots on Johnson and had led the tournament since the first round,[11] with a birdie on the second hole of their playoff. They cored the bin to clean up the quality. For the duration of each video, were invited into a world where most surprises are greeted with enthusiasm. The Johnson farm is located between Kensington and Lowry, and he and his parents farm in Pope and Douglas counties. Johnson wants it to be known that what he does is not only safe, but necessary. He strived to take a stand. The following year, they happened to move onto the main farm so Johnson could be closer to work. "We all love each other and we help our neighbors," said farmer Zach Johnson. While Zachs videos often portray the good parts of farming, hes not afraid to show the frustrating and difficult parts. Its a fairly sustainable business model: The world continues to demand more and more grain all the time, Johnson says. [26], He is not to be confused with golf club professional Zach J. "I never saw this coming, if I'm being honest," he said. Zach checked on the quality of the corn in the bin set up. 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LOWRY, Minn. - Each morning before the sun rises and each night after it sets, fifth-generation farmer Zach Johnson is hard at work. Since then, Johnson estimates they've sold an additional 2,000 to 3,000 MN Millennial Farmer-branded pieces. Zach Johnson, 34, is a fifth generation Minnesota farmer making a name for himself on YouTube as MN Millennial Farmer. To watch Zach make these repairs, visit Minnesota Millennial Farmer on YouTube. Among Johnsons other most popular videos are Moving Snow as Slowly as Possible (a sarcastic jab at his leaky tractor), A Long Day of Planting Corn (it was going to rain the next day), and First Day of Corn Harvest 2018 (a word I just learned: threshing, which means to separate grain from a plant). Still, the John Deere 9870 STS combine went through the fields okay and the grain tank was soon filled with corn. To see all exchange delays and terms of use, please see https://www.barchart.com/solutions/terms. By the end of 2018s harvest season, thanks to videos like First Day of Corn Harvest 2018 and Harvesting Wet Corn, their subscribers ballooned from around 70,000 to 150,000. Throughout the hellscape of the past year, this little corner of the Internet offered both of usand apparently millions of other peoplean oasis. A lot of its full of half-truths. He spares no details in the recordings of working conditions, weather and the environment, conversations with others in the agriculture business, and even interactions with his family members. 10 Year Old Grain Cart Driver, an October video featuring the couples son, Onyx, is already the channels sixth-most-popular video of all time, with 1.4 million views and counting. Today, Johnson and his dad, Nathan, farm a little more than 2,600 acres, some of which they own and some of which they rent. MILLENNIAL FARMER, LLC is a Minnesota Limited-Liability Company (Domestic) filed on October 10, 2018. "When you hear the word 'millennial,' your head probably goes to the same place as mine. Over the course of three days, they photographed and videoed close to 50 head. I started farming with Dad, and as I went along, I decided farming was what I wanted to do.. Zach Galifianakis. We had a lot of corn standing (due to adverse fall weather), and a lot of it was poor quality. "Extreme disappointment. The Registered Agent on file for this company is Zachary J Johnson and is located at 12584 310th Avenue, Lowry, MN 56349. Thats just what weve got. September 21, 2018. We both put seed in the ground but beyond that it's not the same.'". Six weeks after winning the Masters, Johnson won for the third time on tour at the AT&T Classic in a playoff over Ryuji Imada. Select this result to view Zachary Scott Johnson's phone number, address, and more. He finished the season ranked a career best fourth on the money list. With almost 5 million views, Zach receives some paychecks from YouTube. We may earn a commission through links on our site. Learn more. His vision is to build the connection between farmers and consumers. He has links on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. 2:41; Zach Johnson, Adam Scott part of intriguing WGC-Match Play storylines. The fields were also muddy. His videos appeal to the average person unfamiliar with the farming lifestyle. In December, the Johnsons introduced a new YouTube channel, Between the Rows, thats dedicated exclusively to family time. Zach Johnson is a popular professional golfer who plays for America. I was getting the combines ready and took a walk around the grain bin. He appeared in 10 games, nine of those being starts, and he went 6-4 with a 3.28 ERA. In 2006, Johnson recorded a number of impressive results, with two runner-ups and a third at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. We have to get farmers out there talking about this and being transparent about why we use the management techniques we do.. A YouTube channel dedicated to that topic may appeal because it touches broadly on something they care about but also has new information that could challenge them in an approachable way, Myrick says. Johnson also sells . Minnesota's most famous farmer is used to getting recognized by strangers . Johnson captured his 11th career victory in January 2014 with a win at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. [15] This win moved him into the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career. But hes doing his damnedest to create them, because right now YouTube brings in a lot more cash than farming, and its helping his business get ahead. "We have a well that goes straight down into the water underneath our fields. His goal is to build the connection between farmers and consumers by facilitating a collaborative conversation amongst everyone. She asked him if hed heard of the term influencer. It was a long-held plan that wasnt motivated by Operation Kylie Jenner of Farmers, but it certainly helped with that. Facebook gives people the power to. Meet the farmer behind the Millennial Farmer brand. In the playoff, all three players, Johnson, Spieth and David Hearn, had chances to win with Johnson's coming at the second extra hole, but he failed to convert the putt. [21], In August 2019, Johnson failed to make the FedEx Cup Playoffs for the first time since the playoffs were introduced in 2007. I mean, it really blew up on us, Johnson says. LOWRY, Minn. - The excitement continued all summer for MN Millennial Farmer Zach Johnson. Zachs grandfather, Vertis, passed away in 1960 when Zachs dad, Nate, was just two years old. [5] His score of 289 (+1) tied Sam Snead (1954) and Jack Burke Jr. (1956) for the highest winning score at the Masters. His vision is to build the connection between farmers . "T" indicates a tie for a place With the rain and snow, some fields of later maturing corn stalks were turning brittle. One program created by Johnson and his wife Kim helped to raise $700,000 for community agencies serving children in need. "Big machines always bring views.". He's like Bob Ross or the Pioneer Woman, but with John Deere tractors. From 2004 to 2018, Johnson made at least $1.6 million every season, and he grabbed wins in all but one season between 2007 and 2015. Emboldened by the success of Gearing up for Harvest! he signed up for Google AdSense. I knew it would be a decent video. holding off on buying and working with what I have. So there's more opportunity when you play more, but that has nothing to do with my play." Johnson declined to comment on actual revenue numbers, but tells CNBC Make It that this year, the MN Millennial Farmer social media brand will make him at least five times more money than his actual crops. Meet the fifth-generation farmer bringing traditional practices into the new millennium. The full-time fifth-generation farmer has enough on his plate growing corn and soybeans on his familys land in west central Minnesota. Subscribe to CNBC Make It on YouTube! He has an overall net worth of $30 million as of February 2023. "I think people come to my channel to see how I do things and if they get to know me as a person along the way, that's awesome. She's covered sex, relationships, health, wellness, and LGBTQ+ issues since 2013, and has previously worked as a reporter and editor at Mic and the New York Observer. Another part of mood management argues that when we feel badsad or upsetwe are more likely to seek out positive mediaand the Millennial Farmer fits that bill, Myrick adds. Where you can only make so many decisions, because nature is your boss and sometimes you just have to accept things as they are. We go on family vacations where we take an entire day and create videos on other farms. "I think people were excited to see the combines and see what we were doing as we got close to harvest," Johnson says. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 212.2K. Yet theyve raked in more than a million views apiece, and not just from people in the agriculture business. Farmers have the first corn and soybeans in the ground, Kansas farmer mitigates risk with carbon program. And its really hard for consumers to understand what goes on on the farms and what we do out here and why., In other early clips, Johnson defends hot-button topics like GMOswhich humans have actually been using for centuriesand glyphosate, the controversial weed killer known as Roundup. But it wasn't until the fall of 2017, or in farming language, early harvest 2017, when Johnson realized people cared to hear what he had to say. What ensues is a politically incorrect podcast filled with genuinely improvised, authentic . He has stated: "This Foundation will fulfill a dream of mine and Kim's to give back to Cedar Rapids in a long-lasting, meaningful way. The 2018 growing season had its share of challenges, like almost every year. Jul 12, . Not only is Johnson trying to address the stigma that comes with being a farmer, but he also he wants to change the narrative of being a millennial. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experience on the family farm. LOWRY, Minn. For a farmer, there's as much love for their community as there is for their land. Johnson feels fortunate that 90 percent of the comments are positive, but still find it odd that people go out of their way to make negative remarks online. Never before had one of his videos racked up so many views in such a short period of time. On the bright side, Tractor Stuck in the MUD went on to amass more than 3.2 million YouTube views after Johnson posted it on June 4, 2019, making it the all-time most popular video on his channel, Millennial Farmer. But at least when a gargantuan piece of equipment sinks into a surprise sludge pit, theres a silver lining: the chance to make another blockbuster video. 1. The videos tend to run between ten and 30 minutes, filmed by Johnson as he goes about his everyday farm tasks. With nearly 400,000 subscribers and over 70 million views, his channel has . He also had a passion for race cars and, when he graduated, went to college around 200 miles north in Bemidji, Minnesota, to learn how to build them. Johnson has some theories of his own about why his channel blew up the way it did. His social platforms on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and a website also have good followings, but the YouTube videos are the big hit, with about 1,000 new followers per day. When it opened last fall, it sold over 2,000 pieces in six days. Everybody cares about what millennials are doing. ", Some of the obstacles facing Johnson have been from people outside the farming community. [12] Mike Bender, Johnson's swing coach, also caddied for the week while usual caddie Damon Green played in the U.S. Senior Open. Millennial Farmer, Zach Johnson, is a 5th generation family farmer from West Central Minnesota. After an hour of trial and error, Johnson and three other guys finally managed to free the John Deere from the knee-deep muck. @chrisforgione9 . I said, No, but that sounds like one of the dumbest, most millennial terms Ive ever heard, Johnson remembers. I really wanted a way to try to communicate that to people.. 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