Lowe Family Farmstead is, at its heart, a meeting place. A touchpoint where two worlds meet. A destination where city-dwelling guests get a little farm dirt on their shoes. And where families and friends connect with each other.

 

It should come as no surprise to find the 2025 MAiZE design features a crossroads -- the crossroads of patriotism and Idaho, action and nostalgia, and aviation and agriculture. Carved into the 2025 cornfield at Lowe Family Farmstead is an iconic P-40 Warhawk airplane in full dress complete with the signature painted-on face.

 

Our family knows the cost and reward of service to our country. We honor those among us who bear the unforgiving burden of battle in recent and current conflicts. We also have grandparents who served faithfully in World War II and Korea and who inspire a continued reverence for the price of freedom and instill pride in the fortitude required to bring it to reality. Key members of our team have invested deeply in the defense of our freedoms. Their stories, some private and some public, live on in our minds and in our hearts.

 

The Warhawk Air Museum in the Treasure Valley highlights the stories, artifacts and lore that keep history alive. It is a unique operation and, over the years, has become signature Idaho.

 

While the 2025 MAiZE depicts a Warhawk airplane to the skies, visitors who venture to Lowe Family Farmstead to navigate those paths on the ground will come across its agricultural counterpart -- a retired "cropduster" aircraft. The agricultural aviation industry was born of World War I fighter pilots who used their "barnstormer" acrobatic skills to apply products to farm fields after the war. Over the decades that followed, the ag aviation industry grew to be an important tool for farmers to apply seed, fertilizer, and crop protection products, and now includes airplanes, helicopters, and drones. The aircraft on display at Lowe Family Farmstead is fitted with a spreader to fly dry seed and fertilizer onto fields. Before it was retired due to age, it serviced these very fields. It was the first aircraft in the United States certified for nighttime application with night vision goggles.

 

The intrigue of flight and allure of aerial adventure captivates the imagination of millions of children and lives on in the lives of many adults. We hope you will feel a similar excitement as you join us to celebrate patriotism, action, and agriculture this fall at Lowe Family Farmstead. Perhaps this meeting place will live on in your life as you connect with your family and friends for Farming Fun & Harvesting Memories.