Ag Week is here and as tradition would hold, tractors of different makes and models will be adorning the USU campus, all thanks to the effort of the Ag Tech Club.

The club is run primarily out of the agriculture, systems, technology and education department (ASTE). Chris Riley, president of the Ag Tech Club, said the group began primarily as a way to teach leadership skills to students within the agricultural machinery technology major.

“We invite anyone who is majoring in the College of Agriculture to become a paying member,” Riley said. “Anyone is welcome to attend our weekly meetings, even if they’re not in the College of Ag.”

Club members meet on a weekly basis and restore tractors that have been donated by people from the community. After restoration, the tractors are sold and the money is put back into the club to support the members.

Currently there are about 15 members and according to Esther Gale, treasurer of the Ag Tech Club, there were nearly 300 people at the club’s opening social.

The Ag Tech Club is responsible for any activities on campus involving tractors, such as the Ag Week Tractor Parade.

“If there’s tractors involved, we’re you’re group,” Riley said.

If you’re interested in learning more about the Ag Tech Club, contact Chris Riley at christopher.riley@aggiemail.usu.edu or the club’s adviser, Hatch, at royce.hatch@usu.edu.

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