Farm bureau to host Touch-A-Tractor fundraiser

The fifth annual Touch-A-Tractor event will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, March 26 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28, at the Kane County Farm Bureau, Randall Road at Oak Street, St. Charles.

Touch-A-Tractor offers activities for all ages. Kids can participate in hands-on activities, ride pedal tractors, shell corn, visit the farm zoo, plant seeds, play in a full of corn and sit in the seat of a real tractor or combine. Local farmers and friends of the farm bureau will be on hand to answer questions about the machinery and explain how this equipment helps farmers get crops from the field to your table.

Fay's BBQ will offer pork barbecue dinners or catfish dinners from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to help the not-for-profit KCFB Foundation raise funds for literacy and scholarship programs. A kid's hot dog meal will be available. To pre-order, call (630) 584-8660. Catfish and pork chop dinners are $12 when reserved and paid by March 23, or $13.50 at the door. Hot dog meals are $4.

On Sunday March 28, the winning ticket will be drawn in the Farm, Food & Fuel raffle. The first-prize winner will be able to choose a John Deere Gator TS 4x2 or $5,000 in cash. Second prize is $100 in groceries every week for a year and third prize is $50 in gas every month for a year. Tickets are available at the farm bureau office until the time of the drawing. Proceeds benefit college scholarships and Ag-in-the-Classroom programs.