Plowing match holding volunteer recruitment event

The International Plowing Match and Rural Expo is the largest event of its kind in Canada

Volunteers are being sought to help with this year’s International Plowing Match and Rural Expo taking place Oct. 1 to 5 in Lindsay.

The committee is holding a volunteer recruitment night in Bobcaygeon on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bobcaygeon Curling Club, 49 Mansfield St.

Interested volunteers are also encouraged to email ipm2024@plowingmatch.org or visit plowingmatch.org/ ipm2024 to fill out the volunteer form.

Additional information is available through the committee office, located in Lindsay at 165 Kent St. W., Suite 302, Bay 9.

The International Plowing Match and Rural Expo was created by the Ontario Plowmen’s Association in 1913 to showcase farmers’ passion for the soil, agriculture, and rural living.

It has evolved into a massive rural expo, where its main goal continues to be to educate people about agriculture. This is the largest event of its kind in Canada, attracting people from all over the world. Historical attendance numbers are between 60,000 to 80,000 over the five-day event.

For this year’s event, Kawartha Lakes farmers are coming together to open their fields, transforming them into a large exciting rural expo which includes a huge, tented city at the Lindsay Exhibition grounds with virtually non-stop entertaining activities and plowing competitions.

Attendees will be able to watch plowing through history — from old-fashioned horse-drawn plows to the latest high-tech equipment — all competing for the straightest furrows. Spend a day or stay all five days in the full-service RV park with more than 1,000 sites.

For more information on this year’s event visit plowingmatch.org/ ipm2024/ or follow on Facebook.