ProRodeo Sports News - May 31, 2019

RODEOS GIVING BACK

Photo courtesy Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Bobbie Taylor works the grounds with the tractor the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo won through last year’s Sowing Good Deeds program put on by AGCO Corporation through its brands Hesston and Massey Ferguson.

& Reaping Sowing Sowing Good Deeds accepting applications to win tractor Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, which has contributed more than $600,000 to charities in the last five years. The rodeo helped bring a new emergency room to Sikeston, a new campus for theThree Rivers Community College and pledged half a million dollars to the YMCA of Sikeston. The rodeo also contributed to other worthy causes, including the local

BY MATT NABER R eaping what you sow extends beyond the farm and into life. When a rodeo makes a positive impact on its community, that rodeo’s efforts can come back with greater rewards. The Sowing Good Deeds program is proof of that, recognizing rodeos that work to make the world a better place. The AGCOCorporation, through its brands Hesston and Massey Ferguson, created Sowing Good Deeds to recognize PRCA-sanctioned rodeos that contribute significant support for local, regional and national charities and organizations. The winning rodeo receives a Massey Ferguson tractor valued at $35,000. “Hesston and Massey Ferguson are part of the

community, and we care about that community, and frankly that’s why we do what we do with the Sowing Good Deeds program,” said Darren Parker, director of Massey Ferguson. The tractor is like a top-hand award for rodeos that make a positive impact beyond the arena gates. Last year’s winner was the

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