What the heck is a Famerizer?!

A Famerizer is known as, the man himself Mr. Korey Peters! 

You've undoubtedly seen some of his relatable reels on Instagram and chuckled. 

Korey starts the episode off with a bang, as he recreates the moment he crossed the border by signing “Footloose" to the crossing guard. 

Yes, he sings for the podcast audience and, as a result, his years of teaching choir shine through. 

More than that, Korey is a former music teacher that grew up on a 3rd generational family farm.

After spending a few years in the classroom, he decided he wanted to return to his roots on the family farm. 

Dan and Korey dive deep into his Mennonite background, what’s happening in the hog industry, and what his grain operations look like this year. 

This episode is an epic kitchen table style convo that will make you want to pull up a chair and grab a beer! 

Cheers! 

In this episode, you will learn: 

* What is a Farmerizer?

 * Korey’s career journey 

* How his teaching skills translate into social media 

* How Korey used acapella to cross the border 

* Why Korey left the generational family farm to teach 

* Korey’s advice to young graduates on a family farm 

* Korey’s fondest memories of teaching 

* How teaching eighty kids compares to working with family 

* Why Korey left teaching to come back to the family farm 

* The roles and responsibilities on his family farm 

* Korey’s Mennonite background 

* Korey and Dan’s favourite mennonite dish “schmaunfat” 

* What Korey’s 2022 farm year looks like 

* Weather conditions and impacts in Korey’s area 

* How hog farming impacts the grain side of Korey’s Farm 

* How hog farming affects fertility 

* What the hog industry looks like right now 

* The impact of African Swine Flu from China 

* How Korey’s grain side of the farm doing 

* The latest innovations he is working with 

* How Korey innovates with the current demands 

* What does the future look like for the family farm 

* What does future mean to Korey, diversified or specialized? 

* How the Farmerizer got into social media 

* The future of Farmerizer merch 

* Who is Korey cheering for in the battle of Alberta? 

Connect with Korey: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KoreyPeters 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmerizer/ 

Aberhart Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca 

https://aberhartfarms.com 

https://suregrowth.ca 

https://www.convergencegrowth.com 

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan 

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