Paul harvey god made a farmer

Speech given by Paul Harvey at the Future Farmers of America convention

"So God Made a Farmer" was a speech given by radio broadcaster Paul Harvey at the Future Farmers of America convention. The speech was first published in in Harvey's syndicated column.

The speech borrowed a few phrases from a article written by Harvey in the Gadsden Times, which was itself inspired by parts of a definition of a dirt farmer published in The Farmer-Stockman. The article was copied verbatim by Tex Smith in a letter to the editor in the Ellensburg Daily Record in The speech was given as an extension of the Genesis creation narrative referring to God's actions on the 8th day of creation.

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Harvey described the characteristics of a farmer in each phrase, ending them with the recurring "So God Made a Farmer".

The speech was used in a commercial by Ram Trucks during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVII. The ad featured photographs of rural America set to a narration Toggle share options WAKIZ