News : Tractor Day: VS FFA students bring their favorite farm machines to school

Emily Cashman, one of the VS FFA reporters, poses on a tractor Friday at VSHS.

Kyle Henkle and his grandfather John Buhr met at VSHS to celebrate Tractor Day.

Kyle Henkle sits atop his grandfather's tractor.

Bastian Primmer drove this unique Holder forklift to school on Tractor Day Friday.

Tractor Day: An old Massey sits in the VSHS parking lot Friday morning.

VS FFA ladies wore special pink shirts to celebrate their appreciation for young tractor drivers.

VS FFA members gathered around or on tractors for a group photo Friday.

From the newest and largest four-wheel drive models to tractors nearly as old as their grandparents, the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA members celebrated Tractor Day by driving about two dozen machines to school on Friday morning.

Students posed for photos, discussed the features of their rides, turned heads and made passers-by stop for a closer look. The FFA ladies wore pink shirts made especially for the day, announcing their preference for guys who drive tractors.

Tractor Day is an annual tradition, one of many the FFA continues in its efforts to remind the school body and community of the importance of farming.

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