<P> `` So God Made a Farmer '' was a speech given by radio broadcaster Paul Harvey at the 1978 Future Farmers of America convention . The speech was first published in 1986 in Harvey 's syndicated column . The speech borrowed a few phrases from a 1975 article written by Harvey in the Gadsden Times , which was itself inspired by parts of a 1940 definition of a dirt farmer published in The Farmer - Stockman . The 1940 article was copied verbatim by Tex Smith in a letter to the editor in the Ellensburg Daily Record in 1949 . The speech was given as an extension of the Genesis creation narrative referring to God 's actions on the 8th day of creation . Harvey described the characteristics of a farmer in each phrase , ending them with the recurring `` So God Made a Farmer '' . </P>
<P> `` So God Made a Farmer '' was a speech given by radio broadcaster Paul Harvey at the 1978 Future Farmers of America convention . The speech was first published in 1986 in Harvey 's syndicated column . The speech borrowed a few phrases from a 1975 article written by Harvey in the Gadsden Times , which was itself inspired by parts of a 1940 definition of a dirt farmer published in The Farmer - Stockman . The 1940 article was copied verbatim by Tex Smith in a letter to the editor in the Ellensburg Daily Record in 1949 . The speech was given as an extension of the Genesis creation narrative referring to God 's actions on the 8th day of creation . Harvey described the characteristics of a farmer in each phrase , ending them with the recurring `` So God Made a Farmer '' . </P>
who is the author of so god made a farmer
who is the author of so god made a farmer
radio broadcaster Paul Harvey
radio broadcaster Paul Harvey