I am writing this letter to address all those individuals that find it necessary to try and pass farmers while they are moving their equipment from field to field. The other day I was traveling down the road and got behind a farmer in a combine. A driver came up behind me and began to flash his lights at me and blow his horn. I looked in my rear view mirror and the driver was not only coming around me but also attempting to pass the combine. This driver ended up driving in the field in order to go around the combine. By doing this the driver needlessly put a lot of people's lives in danger. Makes me wonder if these individuals complain about farmers with food in their mouths. The next time that you think to complain about these farmers and their equipment look at your plates and say thank you instead. Without these dedicated men and women we would live in a very different world. To all the farmers out there I say thank you for everything you do.

Lela Burroughs

Aurora