Millennial Farmer Review: Is It Clean & Family-Friendly? (Clean Score 87)

Best for: Families who want to see where food actually comes from, farm kids, retired farmers, and anyone who likes big equipment.

Age guidance: All ages. Expect an occasional “hell,” “God dang it,” or “crap” when equipment breaks or a truck gets stuck.

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What the channel is

Millennial Farmer is Zach Johnson’s channel. His channel description calls him “a 5th generation family farmer from West Central Minnesota” who wants “to build the connection between farms and consumers.” The channel started in April 2016. It’s built around the farm calendar: planting in spring, spraying and repairs in summer, then harvest in the fall, with corn and soybeans at the center of it.

If you grew up on a farm, you’ll recognize it right away. Zach doesn’t stage much. A typical episode starts with chores and the dogs, then moves into whatever the day throws at him: a combine that won’t cooperate, rain that changes the harvest plan, a semi stuck in the mud, or a talk about grain prices and fuel costs. His family is in a lot of the videos, and his kids running equipment has become a regular storyline.

What we checked

On October 14, 2026, we pulled the captions from nine videos and searched them for profanity, sponsor reads, and political talk. Seven were recent uploads from September and October 2026, and two were older favorites from 2022 and 2025. We also read the context around anything that got flagged. Captions can miss words, so treat this as a sample, not a frame-by-frame audit.

Language. Five of the nine videos had nothing worth flagging. The rest had farm-shop language at its mildest: a few “heck”s and “dang”s, “bird crap” while he cleaned out a bin, and one stretch in They Say ‘Big Ag’… But It’s My Kids in the Tractors (Dec 2025) where he’s stuck on a hill and says “I’m stuck as hell” and “God dang it.” We found no strong profanity and no bleeped words in the captions.

Mature themes and safety. We found no gore or crude humor. Farming is dangerous work, though, and the channel doesn’t hide that. Breakdowns, mud, and weather get plenty of airtime, and kids operating large equipment under supervision is part of the show. Some parents will want to talk that through with younger viewers.

Politics. This is where we took off the most points. Zach mostly stays out of politics, but farm economics do come up. In one 2025 video he mentioned in passing that “Trump had some good talks with China” about soybean purchases. In October 2026, while talking about diesel prices, he said he hopes “the people in the power at the top have a pretty solid long-term plan,” then added that some viewers would accuse him of getting political and went back to combining. We’d call that market talk, not commentary. It’s still there, though, so it costs some points.

Sponsors. The 2025 video we sampled had a Factor meal-kit sponsor, and he named it out loud (“thank you to Factor for sponsoring today’s video”). We found nothing hidden or deceptive.

Titles. Titles sometimes lean dramatic, like It Could Be Any of Us!! and Not My Smartest Moment, but the ones we watched lined up with what was actually in the video.

Why it’s worth your time

This channel is useful. The Do’s and Don’ts of Soybean Planting is practical agronomy from someone who does it every spring. Taken together, the harvest videos explain more about yield, drying, storage, and marketing grain than most classrooms will. For a family that has never set foot on a farm, it’s an honest look at how much risk and work goes into a bushel of beans.

Start with these videos

1. The Do’s and Don’ts of Soybean Planting (June 2022, 22 min). Practical, and its captions came back clean in our sample.
2. 10 and 13 Year Old’s Finish Harvest ON THEIR OWN! (Nov 2022, 22 min, about 3.2M views). One “heck” in the captions. A good one to watch with kids.
3. FINALLY Our FIRST Day of Planting Corn! - Spring 22 (May 2022, 37 min). A long, satisfying planting day with a couple of “heck”s and a “dang.”

For the family (ages 3+)

While watching Zach’s combine videos, younger kids can “harvest” along with a toy John Deere combine.

• ERTL John Deere S680 diecast combine (1:64) on Amazon (affiliate link)

If you like this, try

• Welker Farms: a North Dakota family farm with big equipment. (Not yet scored.)
• How Farms Work: dairy and crop explainers. (Not yet scored.)
• Just a Farmer: everyday farm work with a calm tone. (Not yet scored.)

FAQ

Is Millennial Farmer appropriate for kids? Yes, for most families. We found no strong profanity in nine sampled videos (Oct 14, 2026). A few videos had mild words like “hell,” “dang,” and “crap,” usually when equipment broke down.

Who is Millennial Farmer and where is his farm? Millennial Farmer is Zach Johnson. His channel describes him as a fifth-generation family farmer from West Central Minnesota who mainly grows corn and soybeans.

Does Millennial Farmer talk about politics? Rarely. Grain markets, fuel prices, and trade come up because they affect the farm, and he has occasionally named political leaders in that context. We found no partisan commentary in our sample.

How many subscribers does Millennial Farmer have? The channel page showed 1.16 million subscribers and 808 videos on October 14, 2026.

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