When the Stars Align: Machinery Pete Meets MN Millennial Farmer

MN Millennial Farmer has quickly gained social media fame with you YouTube channel with his videos viewed more than 2 million times. Machinery Pete got the story behind the Millennial Farmer brand.

By U.S. Farm Report

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April 13, 2021 12:29 PM

MN Millennial Farmer has quickly gained social media fame with his YouTube channel. His videos have been viewed more than 2 million times, and as his YouTube channel has 753,000 followers, those numbers keep climbing.

Zach Johnson and his wife Becky are a dynamic duo on social media, with one goal: to share agriculture’s story.

Greg Peterson, also known as Machinery Pete, caught up with the Johnsons at a recent equipment auction and got the story behind the Millennial Farmer brand.

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