Luke Bryan launches his ninth annual Bayer Presents Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2017 Thursday (September 28TH) in Lincoln, Nebraska. It’s set to run through October 7th.
Since the tour’s inception in 2009 Luke has awarded 50 college scholarships to a local student from a farming family within the communities the tour has played. A total of more than 100,000 fans have gathered on the farms each year.
2017 ACM New Male Vocalist AND 2017 CMA Award nominee Jon Pardi will support Luke at each stop, along with Adam Craig, the Peach Pickers (Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson & Ben Hayslip) and Jon Langston plus DJ Rock.
Bayer Presents Luke Bryan Farm Tour 2017
September 28 Lincoln, NE Benes Farm
September 29 Baldwin City, KS Don-Ale Farms
September 30 Boone, IA Ziel Farm
October 5 Fort Wayne, IN Spangler Farms West
October 6 Edinburg, IL Ayers Family Farm
October 7 Centralia, MO Stowers Farm
Audio / LUKE BRYAN SAYS HE LOVES GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN FARMING AND AGRICULTURE.
DownloadLuke Bryan (education on farming) OC: …roots. :34
“Anytime we can take a step to help facilitate dreams and agriculture and be smarter in how the food’s being made and being safer and stuff like that, the awareness of that can never be undermined….If I can educate some people on it and that can be my platform, I think I’ll always, the farmers out there and the people in that world will appreciate and they’ll know I’ve kinda stayed true to my roots.”
Audio / Jon Pardi talks about farming and being out on the Farm Tour with his buddy Luke Bryan.
DownloadJon Pardi (Farm Tour 2017) OC: …drive one. :47
“I’ve done a lot of tractor work, mainly big construction stuff, but I mean the farm stuff is fun. I cut hay, and we’ve leveled hay fields and stuff. I haven’t done much of the planting or anything. I tried to plant corn this year, and I sent a picture to Luke and he made fun of me, so I felt really bad. But I just don’t have time, you know, like Luke’s got a farm manager, okay, so, I don’t have a farm manager and the deer ate all my corn and I spaced ‘em too far apart, ‘cause that’s what the bag said to do. I didn’t know. I’m by myself. I thought, ‘Alright, maybe they’ll space out good.’ So, it’s good to go see where the real farmers are. See I’m doing my job on their farm. I’m taking away the everyday heavy work and they’re gonna go out and have a good time with me and Luke, and we can talk about tractors. Maybe I’ll get to drive one.”