Excellent news for all farmers and farmer supporters - there seems to be a trend budding on the horizon in internet and meme culture. Though we have yet to see if this trend will really "take root," it looks like farming memes have been - get this one - "cropping" up with increasing frequency lately in various online circles. Finally! Some recognition for the humble tillers of the land. This sort of meme certainly has a history, but it's only now that there are enough memes being produced to potentially constitute an identifiable phenomenon.

Here are some important farming memes that everyone should be aware of.

1. Classic Farming Memes

This farming meme is a sort of classic - one might call it the father of farming memes. I can't find a definite date or place of origin, but one Facebook group called "Farming memes" posted it in 2014, making the meme at least two years old. There are several other memes of this caliber, many of which I could find on best-farming-memes.tumblr.com. Here is a lesser-known example:

All the posts on this blog are also about two years old, and adhere to a similar format. These types of posts would occasionally get passed around as oddities - "farming memes" was a joke rather than an actual phenomenon.

2. Farmsuggestion

Flash forward to March 24, 2016. Amidst the growing popularity of "suggestion" blogs, "farmsuggestion" makes its first post - "yehaw." The blog continued to post things that might be relatable to farmers. Here is an example of a farmsuggestion:

This blog has made several popular posts, and in my opinion, could be the cause of the trend of new types of farming memes being made, such as the ones I will discuss next:

3. Farmer Reminders/Farmer Culture

In the past few weeks, posts like these have been making the rounds, which alerted me that a trend might be forming. Here is another such pro-farmer post:

Will this wave of farmer positivity continue to build? Only time will tell. In the meantime, be on the lookout for more farming memes. Invest in meme capital. Keep your eye on the corn prices. It could be huge.