Rod Burkard stands with the Case VAC tractor and antique plow he used to win first place in the Minnesota Plowing Organization’s state contest in August 2022. READING — Rod Burkard’s 1945 Case Centennial moldboard 2-bottom, 14-inch plow sits out behind his shop, buried in a snow drift on a crisp January afternoon, but last August, the piece of antique farm machinery propelled Burkard to first place in the Minnesota Plowing Organization’s annual plowing contest near Greenwald. To say he was shocked by the results would be accurate. It was Burkard’s second year competing in the state plowing contest, and the first year was very much a learning opportunity. His 3-bottom, 18-inch moldboard plow was simply too big to create perfectly plowed rows in the eyes of the judges, and his tractor wasn’t really suitable either. Rod Burkard, of rural Reading, holds the trophy he received from the Minnesota Plowing Organization’s 2022 contest. Behind him is the Case VAC tractor he drove in the competition. Despite the use of less-than-ideal equipment, Burkard ended up with a second place finish at the contest — held that year in Lake Wilson — because three of the competitors in his division couldn’t […]
Reading farmer, enamored with plowing contest, has opportunity to compete at nationals
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