If you find yourself driving through the Midwest next month and come across an old Farmall model M tractor plugging along, hauling a camper behind it, that’s not your imagination at work. The recently retired Upsala, Minnesota farmer Mark Koehn is driving down to the Gulf of Mexico to raise funds for FFA alumni and awareness of ag-related issues. Koehn expects the nearly 2,000-mile-long trip to take a month. “We’re leaving the Canadian border on September 16th and for road miles by car, it’s about 1,600 miles, but I’ve got to go around some major cities and find secondary roads so I’m estimating it’s going to take about 2,000 miles.” Koehn was inspired by seeing similar events and thought it would be a good way to help bring attention to issues that are important to him. “The alumni group locally in Upsala, Minnesota is taking care of the donations and Venmo. All the money is going to them.” More information can be found online.
