MADISON, Wis. — A one-fourth-scale tractor, embellished with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Flying W logo, sat in a machine shop. It's painted a vibrant purple and turquoise that invokes memories of the quintessential Dixie Cup of years gone by. It’s a homage to the 1990s — a decade now apparently deemed vintage — that the audience gazing at the tractor never knew.
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Seymour Community High School student Brielle Tesch prepares to operate a tractor created by students and faculty in University of Wisconsin-College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She receives advice from Kaedyn Peterson-Rucker, a graduate student in the UW-Biological Systems Engineering School.
Brian Luck, right, a UW-Extension faculty member, shares insights into the operation of a diesel engine with high schoolers visiting UW-College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
High school students listen to a presentation at UW-College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Seymour Community High School student Al Dorn operates a motorized adaptive tractor created at UW-College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Claudia Calderon, right, of the UW-Department of Horticulture offers high schoolers visiting the campus the opportunity to sample a variety of food items during a presentation at Allen Centennial Garden.
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