The deadline to register a tractor for the 2017 Keep Missouri Farming Tractor Cruise is nearing.

According to the Missouri Farm Bureau, people who want to participate need to register by July 7th to qualify for door prizes. The 32-mile journey through Holt County will take place July 15th.

Vernon Hart with the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation said the tractor cruise is a way to raise funds for agriculture awareness.

“It will be a way to raise funds for northwest Missouri,” Hart said. “A lot of people like old tractors and it’s been pretty successful so far.”

Greg Gaines with the Missouri Farm Bureau said the foundation was set up in 1996.

“Over the years we’ve tried several different ways to raise funds and awareness for the foundations. We’ve had golf tournaments, we’ve had trap shoots, we’ve had banquets and different things. But, this antique tractors cruise that Vern’s been spearheading has been one of the most successful efforts we’ve had, even in the whole state,” Gaines said.

Hart said the tractors will meet July 15th at 8 a.m. in Mound City on the northwest Corner of Junction I-29 and Highway 118.

“From there we’re going 16 miles one way to Oregon, Missouri. There we’ll stop and have a lunch break at the Methodist church there in the basement and we’ll have the tractors parked on the square,” Hart said. “We invite people to come and have lunch with us, adults $8, children $4. They can view the tractors and have lunch with us.”

A requirement of entering a tractor is that all tractors have to be 1985 or older and able to go at least 10 miles per hour. The cost to enter a tractor is $35 for open-stations tractors or $50 for air-conditioned cab tractors. CLICK HERE for more information.