Viral 93-Year-Old Retired Farmer Gets Free Hats from Tractor Supply Co. and Has the Most Wholesome Reaction

Circle S. Farms is a family run farm in Ohio. Near the end of last year, they went viral on TikTok for their video with their 93-year-old grandfather. The viral video was of two of the farm's generations taking the original farmer, aka their papaw, on a ride on his combine harvester one more time. “He never though he'd get into a combine again,” the viral TikTok says. That video touched so many viewers' hearts. You don't have to be a farmer to see how touching it was for that old man to get to do what he loved to do for so long once again. 

In that viral video from last year, the grandpa happens to be wearing a Tractor Supply Co. hat. The company spotted this and were so touched by the wholesome video, that they reached out to the family and asked if they could send their papaw some free Tractor Supply Co. merch. The family recorded their grandpa receiving this package just a couple of days ago, and the heartfelt reaction from this papaw has now made this video even more viral than the last. 

“Multiple generations on the farm is what makes farming so special” (original viral video)

“Tractor Supply saw you had this hat on, so they contacted Caleb and they sent you some free stuff,” on of the family members says in the background. “Oh they did?" the grandpa reply's with a huge grin forming on his face. “How ‘bout that!” It’s that “how ‘bout that” that many of the viewers are loving. It's a classic working class grandpa line and hearing that is causing many viewers to have lovely memories of their passed papaws. 

“He’s our grandpa now 🥺,” one commenter put. “It’s the ‘how bout that’ for me 🥺,” another commenter added. Many are also asking for some “how ‘bout that” merch for themselves, since they too have or had grandpas that loved to say, “how 'bout that.”

“Thanks Tractor Supply for making Grandpa’s day, we appreciate you!”

The farmers posted these videos to show how keeping farming in the family is so important. The work is hard, but the outcome is beautiful. You're not only helping to sustain life, you're working together and creating the strongest bond a family could have. It's sad to see farming going to huge companies with zero empathy, but this Ohio farm and Tractor Supply Co. know the most important part of farming, and that's family.