Dugger 3rd Annual Plowing Bee set for next Saturday

PALOUSE - The Dugger Plowing Bee is happening for the third year on Saturday, Sept. 30, starting at 9 a.m. on Banner Road, near the intersection of Banner and Pullman-Albion Road.

Palouse local and now Iowa State University freshman Colby Dugger, 18, is flying back from school to host the event he started.

Dugger said his intended major is agricultural engineering, with an emphasis on power in machinery and a minor in ag business. For Dugger, the hobby of putting on the plowing bee has inspired him to pursue his future career.

The half-day to all-day event brings in vintage tractors and specta...