Legacies of the Land
Your Story is America's History
For 250 years, American farmers from the United States have fed the nation, shaped its landscape and carried forward a way of life passed from one generation to the next. Their stories deserve to be shared and celebrated.
Honoring the Families Who Built America
America is turning 250. And in that quarter-millennium, no group has done more to build this country — quietly, faithfully, season after season — than its farming families.
From the first fields, cleared by hand, to today's precision-guided operations, the American farm has always been a place of innovation, resilience and purpose. Every acre planted is a promise kept. Every harvest brought in is proof that the work matters.
These stories do not live in textbooks. They live in kitchen-table conversations, in faded photographs tucked into bureau drawers, in the memory of a grandparent's voice describing the year the river rose too high or the harvest came in just in time.
Legacies of the Land is a campaign to find those stories, preserve them and share them — so that the people who built this country from the ground up take their rightful place in the story of America's 250th.
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Across brands, across generations, one thing has remained constant: AGCO exists to serve farmers. Not to tell them what to grow or how to grow it — but to give them the tools, the choice and the support to do what they do best. Farmer First.
And so we bring you a celebratory campaign, Legacies of the Land.
To honor the American farmer — and to make sure their stories are never lost.
AGCO Honors America's Farmers at the "Great American Agriculture Celebration" in Washington, D.C.
Meet the Families
Soon, you will meet the families behind the fields — farmers whose land has been in their bloodline for generations. Families who planted through drought and celebrated record harvests. Who watched their children leave and welcomed them home again. Who chose to stay.
Beginning July 1, 2026, this page will feature their voices, in their own words — with videos and stories that capture what it means to be an American farming family, carrying forward a legacy that stretches back to the founding of this nation.
From the Farmhouse to the National Record
Every story shared through Legacies of the Land is more than content. It is a record.
Our goal is to preserve these stories in partnership with the Library of Congress — ensuring that the oral histories of American farming families become part of the nation's permanent archive, alongside the voices of veterans, civil rights leaders and the people who shaped this country.
When a farmer sits down and tells the story of their land, they are not just sharing a memory. They are writing a chapter of American history that has never been written before.
We believe those chapters belong in the Library of Congress. And we are working to put them there.
Your Farm.
Your Family.
Your Story.
Is your family part of America's farming story? Share it with the world.
Post a photo, a memory or a video of your farm and family on social media using #LandLegacies — and your story could appear right here, alongside the families featured in this campaign.