John Deere Gator Giveaway Winner Announced
July 13, 2015 Meister Media Worldwide (MMW) is proud to announce the winner of this year’s Gator Giveaway contest.
The Gator Giveaway contest was promoted through MMW’s e-newsletters and in five print publications including American Vegetable Grower, American/Western Fruit Grower, Florida Grower, Cotton Grower, and CropLife magazines from January through April. Additional advertisements were promoted online and at live events.
This year’s recipient is Johnny Burt from Burt’s Farms in Dawsonville, GA.
Burt, who owns the farm along with his wife, grows a variety of fall crops on 56 acres including pumpkins, winter squashes, butternuts, gourds, and Indian corn. In addition to the crops they grow, they also make shampoo, body wash, conditioner, and face creams out of their butternuts and pumpkins.
Gator Giveaway winner Johnny Burt of Burt’s Farms with his new John Deere Gator
American Vegetable Grower (AVG) magazine sat down with Burt to talk about his experience winning the Gator and how he plans on using it.
American Vegetable Grower: How does it feel to be the winner of a John Deere Gator?
Johnny Burt: Pretty good! I was really surprised, I’ve never won anything like this before.
AVG: What were you doing when you heard the news?
JB: Well actually, I’ve got another John Deere Gator, and I was on that getting ready to stake my tomatoes in the garden when I was called. It will be well used.
AVG: Who was the first person you told about winning the Gator?
JB: My wife and daughter, and they were in the garden waiting for me, they were also very excited.
AVG: What are you planning on using the gator for?
JB: We’ll use it around the farm in the fall. We do agritourism, so we can get up to 250,000 people here. We always have to restock and move stuff around, so I’ll use it to move back and forth.
AVG: What do you anticipate to be the main benefits the gator will provide on the farm?
JB: Probably transportation. Going to and from the packingshed, seeing what we need, and checking on what we have in stock.
The next sweepstakes promotion will offer a chance to win a Phantom 2 Quadcopter, so be sure to subscribe to our e-newsletters, print issues, and check GrowingProduce.com regularly to stay up to date on the latest content and for your chance to enter the giveaway.
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