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International Plowing Match to be held in Niagara Region
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International Plowing Match to be held in Niagara Region

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The 2025 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) will take place in the Niagara Region Sept. 16-20. The annual event is hosted in a different community each year and this year’s edition marks the first time in almost 100 years the Niagara communities will play host, the IPM organizing committee said in a release. […] Read more
Ontario plowing competition cancelled
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Ontario plowing competition cancelled

International Plowing Match and Rural Expo was also cancelled in 2020

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For the second year in a row, the directors of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association have made the decision to cancel the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM). Having been postponed until October 2021, plans were well underway to hold the IPM at the Lindsay Exhibition Grounds and neighbouring farms. In spite of the current decline […] Read more
International Plowing Match continues to plan for 2021 event
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International Plowing Match continues to plan for 2021 event

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Directors and staff of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association recently announced that they will be moving forward with plans for the 2020/21 International Plowing Match (IPM) and Rural Expo. In order to respect the health situation and health regulations caused by Covid-19, the organizers will be simultaneously planning both the traditional IPM and a re-envisioned IPM. […] Read more
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Ontario’s plowing match latest COVID-19 casualty

The International Plowing Match will be held next in Lindsay in 2021

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The International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) is the latest major event to be cancelled for 2020 due to COVID-19. Host Lindsay will get the chance to welcome plowing and rural enthusiasts in 2021. The 2021 event will be held Oct. 13 to 16, 2021 at the Lindsay Fairgrounds and neighbouring farms. “The Leadership […] Read more
Eric Ferguson, from Sunderland, Ontario represented Canada in conventional plowing at the 2018 World’s Ploughing Match in 2018.
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Durham Region hosts 2019 Canadian Plowing Championship

National title up for grabs at October event

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The 2019 Canadian Plowing Championship is heading to Ontario, in Sunderland from Oct. 2 to 4. The annual event will have 14 senior competitors from Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta competing for the title of Canadian Plowing Champion and the opportunity to compete at the 2020 World’s Ploughing Match held on Aug. 8 and 9 […] Read more
International Plowing Match coming to Lindsay in 2020
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International Plowing Match coming to Lindsay in 2020

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The Ontario Plowman’s Association (OPA) has announced that Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes will be the site of the 2020 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo. “We looked at several potential locations for IPM 2020 and this one ticked all the boxes,” says OPA President Sheila Marshall. “It’s a great spot, in a fantastic, agriculturally rich community.” […] Read more
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (r) pledged her support for a positive NAFTA negotiation outcome at the International Plowing Match. (John Greig photo)
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Some Ontario farms could get minimum wage support, Wynne says

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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne opened the door to potential support for some farming businesses during a rapid increase to a $15 minimum wage by 2019. Wynne spoke to reporters on the opening day of the International Plowing Match in Walton Ont., and refused to move on the aggressive timeline for the adoption of a $15 […] Read more

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