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Lewis was great with our
audience. He held their attention and was able to connect with
them on a personal basis. His stories and poems were
heartwarming, humorous, and down-to-earth. If your event is
Ag-related, Lewis is your man."
Tony Estes.Crop Production Services. Allentown, NJ
"Your program was very entertaining and encompassed material that appealed to the wide diversity of our group. We received a lot of compliments on Monday. Thanks for helping us make our Employee Appreciation Night a huge success."
Linda Petersen..State Line Coop; Burt, Iowa
“Lewis was the highlight of our entire meeting. He entertained all with his good country humor. Just plain funny!”
Frank Burch...B&S Insurance Palmyra, MO
Thanks for the great entertainment at our Shelby County Soil and Water Annual Dinner. We thoroughly enjoyed you! We have gotten nothing but praise on our entertainment choice. Have a great day and keep on makin' them laugh.
Vicky & Vicki @ Shelby County Soil and Water, Shelbyville , IL
P.S. We know we were special to you, 'cause ya wore your "grade A" bibs!!
Only the best for us!!
BIO: Lewis Baumgartner was born and raised on a small farm near Fulton, Missouri. After graduating from high school in 1965, he went to work for a local building contractor, erecting pole barns. In the early seventies he had his own construction company while continuing to farm part time. In the late seventies he sold the building business to pursue his dream, full time farming. A victim of bad timing and caught in the farm crisis of the early eighties, things got mighty tough on the Baumgartner farm.
Long hours on the tractor and combine provided plenty of time to think. To get his mind off his financial situation and to amuse himself between breakdowns, Lewis began developing stories, jokes, and poems about his farm, his family, his hometown and life in general. Before long he was billing himself as the World's Worst Farmer and making several appearances around close to home for senior citizens groups, service clubs and community functions. "My audiences seemed to enjoy it and I was having a ball," he says.
Word spread and what started out as a fun hobby, soon became a business. An article in the February, 1989 issue of Farm Journal got him national attention. He has since been featured in two more national farm magazines, Successful Farming and Farm and Ranch Living. Lewis is now in demand as an entertainer at all types of farm meetings and conventions. "It's getting to the point where I'm doing better telling folks how bad I am than I ever did farming," Lewis says.
In addition to farming and speaking Lewis writes a regular humor column for Missouri Ruralist magazine. He has recently compiled a collection of those columns into his first book, World's Worst Farmer... From Ragweed Ranch in Cocklebur County.
The Baumgartner farming operation consists of corn, soybeans, wheat and cattle . Until 1996 he had a small farrow to finish hog operation but his main employee in that enterprise (Wife, Janice) sold all the hogs while Lewis was off on a week long speaking tour. "We don't have a big operation" Lewis says, "and I would really like to expand a little, but land in my area is too expensive to purchase and it's pretty hard for a fellow with my reputation to rent anything."
Lewis and his wife Janice have been married since 1968. They have a son, Cliff, who is married and lives in northern Indiana. Cliff and his wife Kelly, have three children, Heather Lynn, Forrest Cole and Autumn Rose. Lewis and Janice also have a daughter, Nancy, who is married and teaches high school math. Nancy and her husband, Keith, have two daughters, Sarah Mabel And Shelby LeAnn. Mr. & Mrs World's Worst Farmer have lived on a farm near Millersburg, Missouri since 1979.
CLIENTS:
• National No-Till Conference
• Ontario Cattlemen's Assn.
• Gateway Seed
• Columbus, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce
• Farm Women, Indiana
• Dawson County Corn Growers, Nebraska
• California Loggers Assn.
• Lane County Conservation District, Kansas
• Winnebago Pork Producers, Illinois
• Audrain County Cattlemen's Assn., Missouri
• Graymont Coop, Illinois
• Remc Wilton, Iowa
• Zeneca Ag Products
• Peoples Bank, Illinois
• FFA Union, Missouri
• Finneman John Deere, Michigan
• Nemeha County Coop, Kansas
• Mississippi Propane Assn.
• REMC Lindsay, OK
• Utah Farm Bureau
• Warren County SWCD, Illinois
• Kinze Manufacturing
• Callahan Seed
• Citizens Bank, Missouri
• Post Rock Aviation, Kansas
• CM Ag Services, Missouri
• USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council
• US Custom Harvesters
• St. Charles County Farm Bureau, Missouri
• Perryville, Missouri Chamber of Commerce
• Piqua Farmers Coop, Kansas
• State Bank of Arthur, Illinois
• John Deere- Waterloo, Iowa
• Texas Sugar Beet Growers
• Clinton County, Illinois SWCD
• Red Bud C of C, IL
• Wellington Coop, KS
• WGEN, Quincy, IL
• Simplot, NE
• Pioneer Seed, Woodhull, IL
• Breda Fertilizer, IA
• Bocker Grain, IL
• 1st National Bank of Pipestone, MN
• Ord Chamber of Commerce, NE
• Farmers Sate Bank, Westmoreland, KS
• Hemlock Elevator, MI
• Farm Management Club, Durand, WI
• Indiana Poultry Assn.
• Caledonia farmers Elevator, MI
• Grinnell Imp.. Grinnell , IA
• Extension Council.. Oregon County , MO
• Southwest Grain.. North Dakota
• Ursa Farmers Coop..IL
• Grinnell Imp....IA
• Northwest Electric Coop..OH
• Tripp County Fair..SD
• CPS Allentown , NJ
• Royster-Clark Delphi , IN
• Rennselaer Swine Services.....IN
• Iowa Farm Managers & Appraisers
• Missouri Auctioneers Assn.
• Wisconsin Young Farmers
• Appleton Chemical, Minnesota
• Farm Progress Show- Amana, Iowa
• Hooper, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce
• Montana Grain Growers
• Oregon Wheat Growers
• Michigan Cattlemen's Assn.
• Jung Seed
• Chamber of Commerce, Mason City, IA
• Hartzler Equipment
• Crop Fertility Specialist, Urbana, IN
• Enerstar, Paris, IL
• Gateway Seed
• Butler Area C of C, MO
• American Emu Assn.
• Seward Ag, IL
• Taloma Farmers Grain, IL
• FSA, MO
• Lea County Electric, New Mexico
• Chamber of Commerce, Sterling, IL
• BASF
• Mycogen Seed
• Trout-Blue Chelan, Chelan, WA
• High West Energy, Pine Bluff, WY
• West Bend Elevator, Emmetsburg, IA
• Garst Seed
• Jackson County Farm Bureau, Jackson, MI
• Sublette Farmers Elevator, Sublette, IL
Tony Estes.Crop Production Services. Allentown, NJ
"Your program was very entertaining and encompassed material that appealed to the wide diversity of our group. We received a lot of compliments on Monday. Thanks for helping us make our Employee Appreciation Night a huge success."
Linda Petersen..State Line Coop; Burt, Iowa
“Lewis was the highlight of our entire meeting. He entertained all with his good country humor. Just plain funny!”
Frank Burch...B&S Insurance Palmyra, MO
Thanks for the great entertainment at our Shelby County Soil and Water Annual Dinner. We thoroughly enjoyed you! We have gotten nothing but praise on our entertainment choice. Have a great day and keep on makin' them laugh.
Vicky & Vicki @ Shelby County Soil and Water, Shelbyville , IL
P.S. We know we were special to you, 'cause ya wore your "grade A" bibs!!
Only the best for us!!
BIO: Lewis Baumgartner was born and raised on a small farm near Fulton, Missouri. After graduating from high school in 1965, he went to work for a local building contractor, erecting pole barns. In the early seventies he had his own construction company while continuing to farm part time. In the late seventies he sold the building business to pursue his dream, full time farming. A victim of bad timing and caught in the farm crisis of the early eighties, things got mighty tough on the Baumgartner farm.
Long hours on the tractor and combine provided plenty of time to think. To get his mind off his financial situation and to amuse himself between breakdowns, Lewis began developing stories, jokes, and poems about his farm, his family, his hometown and life in general. Before long he was billing himself as the World's Worst Farmer and making several appearances around close to home for senior citizens groups, service clubs and community functions. "My audiences seemed to enjoy it and I was having a ball," he says.
Word spread and what started out as a fun hobby, soon became a business. An article in the February, 1989 issue of Farm Journal got him national attention. He has since been featured in two more national farm magazines, Successful Farming and Farm and Ranch Living. Lewis is now in demand as an entertainer at all types of farm meetings and conventions. "It's getting to the point where I'm doing better telling folks how bad I am than I ever did farming," Lewis says.
In addition to farming and speaking Lewis writes a regular humor column for Missouri Ruralist magazine. He has recently compiled a collection of those columns into his first book, World's Worst Farmer... From Ragweed Ranch in Cocklebur County.
The Baumgartner farming operation consists of corn, soybeans, wheat and cattle . Until 1996 he had a small farrow to finish hog operation but his main employee in that enterprise (Wife, Janice) sold all the hogs while Lewis was off on a week long speaking tour. "We don't have a big operation" Lewis says, "and I would really like to expand a little, but land in my area is too expensive to purchase and it's pretty hard for a fellow with my reputation to rent anything."
Lewis and his wife Janice have been married since 1968. They have a son, Cliff, who is married and lives in northern Indiana. Cliff and his wife Kelly, have three children, Heather Lynn, Forrest Cole and Autumn Rose. Lewis and Janice also have a daughter, Nancy, who is married and teaches high school math. Nancy and her husband, Keith, have two daughters, Sarah Mabel And Shelby LeAnn. Mr. & Mrs World's Worst Farmer have lived on a farm near Millersburg, Missouri since 1979.
CLIENTS:
• National No-Till Conference
• Ontario Cattlemen's Assn.
• Gateway Seed
• Columbus, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce
• Farm Women, Indiana
• Dawson County Corn Growers, Nebraska
• California Loggers Assn.
• Lane County Conservation District, Kansas
• Winnebago Pork Producers, Illinois
• Audrain County Cattlemen's Assn., Missouri
• Graymont Coop, Illinois
• Remc Wilton, Iowa
• Zeneca Ag Products
• Peoples Bank, Illinois
• FFA Union, Missouri
• Finneman John Deere, Michigan
• Nemeha County Coop, Kansas
• Mississippi Propane Assn.
• REMC Lindsay, OK
• Utah Farm Bureau
• Warren County SWCD, Illinois
• Kinze Manufacturing
• Callahan Seed
• Citizens Bank, Missouri
• Post Rock Aviation, Kansas
• CM Ag Services, Missouri
• USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council
• US Custom Harvesters
• St. Charles County Farm Bureau, Missouri
• Perryville, Missouri Chamber of Commerce
• Piqua Farmers Coop, Kansas
• State Bank of Arthur, Illinois
• John Deere- Waterloo, Iowa
• Texas Sugar Beet Growers
• Clinton County, Illinois SWCD
• Red Bud C of C, IL
• Wellington Coop, KS
• WGEN, Quincy, IL
• Simplot, NE
• Pioneer Seed, Woodhull, IL
• Breda Fertilizer, IA
• Bocker Grain, IL
• 1st National Bank of Pipestone, MN
• Ord Chamber of Commerce, NE
• Farmers Sate Bank, Westmoreland, KS
• Hemlock Elevator, MI
• Farm Management Club, Durand, WI
• Indiana Poultry Assn.
• Caledonia farmers Elevator, MI
• Grinnell Imp.. Grinnell , IA
• Extension Council.. Oregon County , MO
• Southwest Grain.. North Dakota
• Ursa Farmers Coop..IL
• Grinnell Imp....IA
• Northwest Electric Coop..OH
• Tripp County Fair..SD
• CPS Allentown , NJ
• Royster-Clark Delphi , IN
• Rennselaer Swine Services.....IN
• Iowa Farm Managers & Appraisers
• Missouri Auctioneers Assn.
• Wisconsin Young Farmers
• Appleton Chemical, Minnesota
• Farm Progress Show- Amana, Iowa
• Hooper, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce
• Montana Grain Growers
• Oregon Wheat Growers
• Michigan Cattlemen's Assn.
• Jung Seed
• Chamber of Commerce, Mason City, IA
• Hartzler Equipment
• Crop Fertility Specialist, Urbana, IN
• Enerstar, Paris, IL
• Gateway Seed
• Butler Area C of C, MO
• American Emu Assn.
• Seward Ag, IL
• Taloma Farmers Grain, IL
• FSA, MO
• Lea County Electric, New Mexico
• Chamber of Commerce, Sterling, IL
• BASF
• Mycogen Seed
• Trout-Blue Chelan, Chelan, WA
• High West Energy, Pine Bluff, WY
• West Bend Elevator, Emmetsburg, IA
• Garst Seed
• Jackson County Farm Bureau, Jackson, MI
• Sublette Farmers Elevator, Sublette, IL
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