Farm

The featured tractor at this year's reunion of the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association will not have to travel far to make its way to Blyth as its owners, Bill and Sharon McClure, live on the first farm south of Winthrop, just 15 minutes...

This year's featured car is a 1960 Studebaker Hawk owned by Wayne (Chuck) Reid of Hensall and, if you see him at the reunion and the mood strikes him right, you might just be able to buy it from him.

It's no surprise that live, old-time music is one of the big draws at the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association's (HPTHA) reunion weekend in Blyth.

Despite dating back to 1909, the feature steam engine for this year's reunion of the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association has only been its current owner's hands for about two years.

They may be the president and the vice-president of the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association (HPTHA), but Cole and Laura McDonald can hardly remember last year's event.

Darrell Bergsma, centre, commemorates his Arbor Award win with a tree-planting ceremony at the Londesborough Lions Hall on Aug. 24.

While Mackenzie Terpstra and Jillian Simpson may have dominated headlines as the winners of the Queen of the Furrow and Princess competitions, respectively, at this year's Huron County Plowing Match recently, there was much to be celebrated...

The slogan "Let's Go To The Ex" is an apt and excellent representation of what makes the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) such a special event. It subtly indicates that this is the Fair of Fairs...

Last Wednesday, the Brussels Agricultural Society bid farewell to three Ambassadors and introduced three new ones to the community as part of a special ceremony held at the Brussels Legion.

One of the most exciting traditions at the annual Huron County Plowing Match is the Queen of the Furrow (QotF) competition, which pits agriculturally-minded local women against each other in an all-day pentathlon...

Jillian Simpson from Zurich is the new Huron County Plowmen's Association Princess for 2024 after being crowned last Thursday at Vermue Farms, just outside of Bayfield.

The Huron County Plowing Match (HCPM) is always a star-studded affair, and the 96th edition of the annual agricultural celebration was no exception.

Tonight, Friday, Aug. 16, Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes opens at the Blyth Festival's Harvest Stage - a long journey to the stage for a story that began as a book co-written by Exeter's Bonnie Sitter.

Seven years ago, all the way back in 2017, Huron County hosted one of the most successful International Plowing Matches in recent history.

Central Huron Mayor Jim Ginn has a long family history with local plowing matches. His municipality is now, once again, hosting the Huron County Plowing Match and he's happy to bring people home for a celebration of all things agriculture.

Since winning the Huron County Princess competition last summer, St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School student Rachel Wilts has had the opportunity to positively engage with the local community...

Rachel Gras has learned a lot during her time as the Huron County Queen of the Furrow, and it doesn't look like she has any intention of slowing down once her energetic reign comes to an end.

At this year's Huron County Plowing Match, six young women will be competing to succeed Rachel Wilts as the next Huron County Plowing Match Princess.

At this year's Huron County Plowing Match, five young women will vie for the title of Huron County Queen of the Furrow, following in the footsteps of recent queens...

Huron County Plowmen's Association President Steve Hallahan has a touching, two-generation history with the organization and serves as president and his daughter, Grace, is known as a former Plowing Match Princess.

Huron County Plowmen's Association (HCPA) President Steve Hallahan is just about ready for the annual plowing match, which will be held on the Vermue family's farm near Bayfield this year.

The 96th annual Huron County Plowing Match is taking place near Bayfield this year, and this year's host is the Vermue family, of Vermue Farms Ltd.

While searching for stories for this section, The Citizen stumbled across an article from a Toronto-based blog that was extolling the virtues of the butter produced by St. Brigid's Creamery.

You may not be familiar with Capella Meadows yet, but Erik and Edda Boettcher's organic goat farm in Brussels is on the verge of becoming an essential destination for food fans from far and wide.