Adam Kuczer is the vice president of the Shawano County Farm Bureau and, with his wife, runs the kiddie pedal tractor pull at the Brunch on the Farm, which will be held Sunday at the Cletus and Gloria Kurowski farm at W3052 Swamp Road, Bonduel.
A run/walk begins at 7:15 a.m., followed by a worship service at 8 a.m. Brunch is served from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Kuczer was born and raised in the town of Maple Grove, graduating from Pulaski High School. He attended Northeast Wisconsin Technical College for a year and farmed with his parents. In 1998, he bought some land of his own. He still farmed with his parents when the dairy herd was sold in 2007.
They converted to beef until 2009, when Kuczer and his wife of 11 years, Becky, purchased the farm. They continue crop farming and began raising custom dairy heifers. They have five children: Nicholas, 8, Sawyer, 7, Clara and Cadence, 3-year-old twins, and Andrew, 6 months.
“The older kids help us with the pedal pull,” said Kuczer, who is on the state policy development committee for the Farm Bureau.
Q How long have you been a member of the Shawano County Farm Bureau?
A “I became a Farm Bureau member around 1998. I was young farmer chairman for the board for five years. I came on the board for one year as a director. This is my fourth year as vice president.”
Q What do you do at Brunch on the Farm?
A “My wife and I are in charge of the kiddie pedal tractor pull. We’ve been doing the brunch since 2004. In 2003, the brunch was on our farm, and we watched how someone did the tractor pull. We wanted to put effort and time into changing the way it was run so that more kids could participate. We put together the tractors and the pull stuff. It runs just like a real tractor pull. The top three will receive trophies.”
Q How many kids enter?
A “It depends on the brunches and how many kids, but we have 200 to 350 kids. We work hard to get that many kids. As soon as brunch opens, we start running a filing system with note cards. We try to make sure we get as many kids as possible. They have to be present to get a trophy or it goes to the next one. For as many years as we’ve been doing this, most kids are there. From noon to 12:30 the prizes go out. We try to get it done so people can go home. We have a leader board parents can watch and check to see where their kids are placing.”
Q Where does it take place?
A “We have a 30-foot track we set up on a nice hard surface of short-mowed grass, cement or gravel.”
Q Why do you volunteer to do this?
A “We’ve always done this to see the kids faces. It’s another way to get kids interested in the farm and get them on small tractors. It’s safe and they can drive and pull something. I enjoy kids a lot.”
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