John Deere-A-Day 2014
Photographer-authorRalph W. Sandershas photographed tractors for more than 40 years. He grew up on an Illinois farm, where he had ample opportunity to “exercise” a number of tractor models, including a 1933 Farmall F-12, 1948 Farmall C, Farmall H, Farmall MD, and McCormick W-6. He has worked as Illinois field editor forPrairie Farmer; as associate editor forSuccessful Farming; and as a full-time freelance agricultural photographer forSuccessful Farming, Deere & Company, Massey-Ferguson, Kinze, Vermeer, DuPont, Monsanto, and others.Sanders is the author of several books from Voyageur Press, includingVintage Farm Tractors, and the photographer for DuPont's long-runningClassic Tractorscalendar. He lives in West Des Moines, Iowa.