Tractors will be cruising through Buchanan County Saturday as part of a fundraiser for agricultural education programs and more.

The 5th Annual Keep Missouri Farming Tractor Cruise is a 38-mile route that begins Saturday morning.

Meredith Lange is the Northwest Regional Coordinator for the Missouri Farm Bureau. Lange said the money raised from the tractor cruise each year goes toward different projects funded by the Agriculture Foundation to enhance ag education and provide ag leadership development opportunities.  

“Those include scholarships for ag students at Missouri colleges and universities, it also includes vocational scholarships if a student is obtaining a technical degree that’s related to agriculture,” Lange said. “There are also grants for teachers, kindergarten through 12th grade, at public schools, they can purchase agriculture curriculum and supplies. They really want to promote agriculture education and community involvement that has to do with agriculture.”

The 5th annual Keep Missouri Farming 2018 Tractor Cruise begins with check in at 8 a.m. on Saturday. It starts and ends at the Ag Power John Deere dealership at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 36 and SE State Hwy. Z.

The cruise will stop in Gower around 11:30 a.m. and the public is invited to a pork lunch at that time at the FFA building. 

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