FFA Tractor Parade 

Close to 300 tractors, trucks and side-by-sides will take to the streets of Flemingsburg on Friday, October 4, to increase awareness of agriculture and forge a connection to each member of the community with agriculture and its impact on everyone. Now in its 21st year, the annual FFA Tractor Parade is one of Fleming County’s most cherished traditions.

“This is a big celebration of agriculture in our community, and the community is so supportive,” says event organizer Adam Hinton, whose family owns Hinton Mills, a 106-year-old farm supply business based in Flemingsburg.

“The parade is a way to emphasize the role of youth in agriculture and their engagement in preserving farming traditions and the future of agriculture,” says Lucinda Pease, an agriculture education instructor, who teaches the FFA chapter at Fleming County High School. “We often have representatives of high school sporting teams, leadership organizations, church youth groups and others that drive tractors or side-by-sides and advertise their groups and support of agriculture.”

Statewide elected officials expected to attend this year’s parade include state Rep. Matt Koch, state Sen. Steve West and Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell. Also making an appearance: Bowling Green native Chapel Tinius, the reigning Miss Kentucky.

Considered to be the largest tractor parade in the state, this uniquely Kentucky event celebrates the importance of agriculture—past, present and future—in Fleming County and the Buffalo Trace region and embodies the message that agriculture is the backbone of this area’s economy.

Fleming County’s 21st Annual FFA Tractor Parade begins at 1 p.m. with lineup at the Farmer’s Stockyards, 255 Helena Road in Flemingsburg.