David Senter

David Senter was born in 1948 into a farm family with deep roots. He would become the fourth generation to farm his family’s land in Burleson, Texas, and the first to fight for his and his fellow farmers’ rights to earn a fair living off what they produced. His fight would take him from Texas right into the middle of the battle in Washington D.C. He was among the farmers that helped start the American Agricultural Movement in 1977, and in 1978 and 1979 he helped organized a national tractorcade on Washington D.C. to motivate President Jimmy Carter and Congress to take action and address the economic plight of farmers. He has worked with Farm Aid from the very beginning (about 10 days before the first concert on September 22, 1985). He has attended every Farm Aid concert since then, as well as all of the major Farm Aid events.