Gov. Mike Parson drives his John Deere to the State Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 25 before declaring Feb. 20-27 National FFA Week in Missouri.
Marshfield FFA students meet at the local MFA prior to departing for the high school.
Logan-Rogersville High School freshman, Jaidyn Cunningham poses with her Ford 9600.
Kade Witt, Conway High School, drove a Case IH L630 loader to school as part of the tradition.
This pair of brothers, Hunter (senior) and Cameron Wray (freshman), from Rogersville beat the sun to prepare for the rural route to school.
Conway High School Sophomore Seth Atkison in route with his 1990 Case IH.
Pictured are Marshfield High School students Kyler Menzies and Brylee Clift.
Sophomore Cooper Mullins poses on the back row of FFA tractors at CHS.
Backpack strapped, Niangua High School sophomore Colton Ripple makes his way to school in this Ford 3000.
CHS sophomore Devin Caselman makes his way out of the cab after successfully driving his New Holland to school.
Trista Simpson drove her family’s John Deere to CHS in style on Friday.
Wyatt Hathcock and Maisie Totten take part in the FFA drive your tractor to school day at MHS.
Tanner Simpson, Conway High School, participates in the long-time tradition.
Conway High School siblings Kaleb (back) and Maysen Doing (front) before they departed for school on their family John Deere tractors.
Marshfield FFA member Jackson Dill even had room in the cab for his bag… what more could you need?
For three years now, Governor Mike Parson has driven a John Deere tractor to the State Capitol in honor of all the Missouri high school students who join in continuing the FFA tradition of driving tractors to school during National FFA Week. On Thursday Feb. 25, Parson proclaimed Feb. 20-27 to be National FFA week in Missouri.
The FFA is important to most Missourians, as it’s national organization was founded right here in our state. 33 young men met in Kansas City at the Baltimore Hotel to form the National Future Farmers of America Organization in 1928. Today, nearly a hundred years later, the organization is known as th National FFA Organization is represented local by 8,700 FFA chapters and 760,000 members across the US.
Missouri is home to 347 local FFA chapters which proudly wear National Blue and Corn Gold and could recite the creed at any given second. Traditions run deep in the FFA, especially in Missouri.
Webster County is ideal for events like drive your tractor to school day because it was not fare to see tractors heading to school on a given weekday not so long ago. Friday, Feb. 26, hundreds of kids in Webster County took the rural routes and rigs to school as part of the drive your tractor to school day event. For more, find this article online at www.marshfieldmail.com.
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