Fairford Faringdon Filkins and Burford Ploughing Championships 2014 judging

The Tivy-side Ploughing Match At Cilfallen 1842

A ploughing match is a contest between people who each

plough A plough or plow ( US; both ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses, but in modern farms are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or ...

part of a

field Field may refer to: Expanses of open ground * Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes * Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport * Battlefield * Lawn, an area of mowed grass * Meadow, a grass ...

. Nowadays there are usually classes for

horse-drawn A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanized piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These vehicles typically had two or four wheels and were used to carry passengers and/or a load. They were once common worldwide, but they have m ...

ploughs and for

tractor A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most common ...

ploughing. Points are awarded for straightness and neatness of the resulting furrows. The annual 3-day long

Irish National Ploughing Championships The National Ploughing Championships ( ga, Comórtas Náisiúnta Treabhdóireachta) or NPC, previously known as The National Ploughing Championships Machinery & Livestock Exhibition, is an outdoor agricultural show in Ireland incorporating a p ...

has grown into one of the largest outdoor events in the world, with commercial exhibits and a significant national media presence. In

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

, the

International Plowing Match The International Plowing Match (IPM), held annually in Ontario, is North America's largest outdoor agricultural and rural expo. It is usually held in late September, and usually attracts more than 80,000 visitorscontent over the 5-day event. Each I ...

is an important rural event.

References

External links

* http://www.ploughmen.co.uk/ * http://www.cheshireploughing.co.uk/ * http://www.ploughingmatch.co.uk/ * http://www.southwellploughingmatch.co.uk/ * http://www.plowingmatch.org/ *
World Ploughing Match 1963
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