Oh Dear, John Deere!

FFA members drive farm equipment to school.

Katy York|March 17, 2017

ON OUR WAY - Nate Moen and Nathan Behrends drive their tractors from Wal-Mart to the AHS parking lot.

ON OUR WAY – Nate Moen and Nathan Behrends drive their tractors from Wal-Mart to the AHS parking lot.

Ten tractors and four pedal tractors paraded to the high school from Wal-Mart at 7:30 a.m. on Fri., March 10.

The annual National FFA Week event of driving tractors to school was originally scheduled for Feb. 24. However, the event was postponed when school was cancelled for inclement weather.

WHEELS ON THE TRACTORS GO ‘ROUND AND ‘ROUND – Tractors of all sizes are lined up in the parking lot.
MAKE NEW FRIENDS, BUT KEEP THE OLD – Students drive a wide variety of vehicles to school on annual Tractor Day.
A BLAST FROM THE PAST – Pedal tractors are lovingly parked on the grass near the front lot. FFA members enjoyed sharing their childhood vehicles.

Sophomore Nathan Behrends’ second year of driving one of the larger tractors of the day, pulled up in a 2006 TG215 New Holland. Behrends said the drive took him 30-35 minutes to get to school, compared to the usual 15 minutes it takes him to drive the 14 miles from his house.

“FFA Tractor Day is a way for our members to show off the machines that are used to feed the world.  This year we have nine tractor’s worth about $1.5 million dollars,” FFA Advisor Eric Miller said.

“

,” junior Cale Pellett said.

“Tractor day is one of my favorite activities because we get to parade them to school and around town after school. It is also a great way for us to be able to show off what we are really proud of[,” said Cale Pellett.

“I brought my pedal tractor to school on tractor day and I did so because it is a fun and creative way for me to participate,” senior Lexi Freund said.