CORRELL, Minn. – Chet Larson is a little shy - Larson Farms 333,000 subs on YouTube & growing.

• The 26-year-old farmer in west central Minnesota 

Larson Farms

• Chet is a fifth-generation farmer at Larson Farms
• established in 1918. 
• He farms with his grandpa, Merlyn; his uncle, Randy; and his dad, Doug; as well as their loyal farm employees. 
• They grow corn and soybeans and are trying edible beans this year. 
• Chet has been farming for 10 years, renting his first farm when he was 17.
• How did your involvement in social media start? 
• In 2019, a friend of Chet’s suggested he start posting on Instagram.
• “I said, ‘I don’t want to do that. Instagram is for girls 
• Another young farmer on social media, Cole The Cornstar, reached out to Chet and recommended he try making videos for YouTube. 
• Who is their audience?
• Viewers are about 93 percent men and 7 percent women. 
• Chet thinks most of the women watching are the moms of kids watching the videos.
• He strives to present “family entertainment.”
• RIP Nicole Larson, Chet’s wife, was diagnosed with a quick growing form of cancer in 2020. 
• She fought hard but lived only 7 months. Nicole passed away on May 27, 2021.
• Nicole saw the value of social media, and had her own successful YouTube
• Nicole’s Untold Gold. 
• Who and what gets put on YouTube?
• Chet’s best friend, The Big Swede, 
• His dad, who goes by “Dougo” in the videos, is warming up to the camera, too. 
• “I generally don’t hide any of the bad – the breakdowns, my personal screwups, breaking stuff, the employees. They know the camera is coming if they are stuck or broke something. That’s part of the farming aspect we show.”
• Partner/work with Farm Rescue
• How long have they worked together?
• What capacity?
• EXTRA Questions
• What’s your favorite childhood memory?
• If you could have coffee with any historical figure, who would you choose?
• What occupation (other than your own) would you like to try?
• What’s one question you wish I’d asked you, and how would you have answered?
• What’s the best advice you have ever been given?