Farm
On Saturday morning, Lucknow's annual Antique Tractor Parade plowed its way through town once again, filling the air with the rumbling music of history's greatest farm machine in action.
Reigning Queen of the Furrow (QOTF) Mackenzie Terpstra is having lots of fun getting ready for the upcoming Huron County Plowing Match (HCPM) at the Dodds farm outside of Seaforth.
While she's still only just 14 years old, Jillian Simpson has crammed a tremendous amount of experience into the last year as she has served the Huron Plowmen's Association - and its annual Huron County Plowing Match - as its Princess.
Profiles for the contestants for the 2025 Princess and Queen of the Furrow competitions at this year's Huron County Plowing Match.
When interviewing Huron County Plowmen's Association President Steve Hallahan about the upcoming Huron County Plowing Match, The Citizen was tipped off about Ethan Price: a tractor-savvy young man with a true enthusiasm for vintage machines.
This is Morris-Turnberry Mayor Jamie Heffer's first full year as Huron County Warden, and that means it's also his first time co-hosting the Huron County Plowing Match (HCPM).
At this year's Huron County Plowing Match, the relationship between the Huron Plowmen's Association and the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association continues with another innovative and dynamic presentation at the match.
It's been about 175 years since the Dodds family first started farming in this area, which means it's time for the family to finally host the Huron County Plowing Match (HCPM).
The rhythm of Huron County is the rhythm of the seasons - this is a place where the land itself still shapes daily life for a lot of people.
While many young Canadians chose to spend their Civic Holiday loafing, the best and brightest young dairy handlers in Ontario chose to spend this particular mid-summer Monday strutting their stuff with perfectly-prepped calves and heifers at the 2025...
Ashleigh Scott of Blyth has earned her ticket to the 2025 Western Dressage World Championship Show in Guthrie, Oklahoma next month, but, for a variety of reasons, she won't be punching it.
Grassroots Pizza in Lucknow hosted a sold-out event on Thursday, July 17 featuring a panel discussion and meal focused on the contributions of Ontario's wartime Farmerettes - young women who worked on farms during the Second World War.
It's been 50 years since the first issue of The Rural Voice hit Huron County newsstands, and the world of agriculture sure has changed a lot since then. Just flip through one of the magazine's early issues...
A history of Howson and Howson on the eve of its 150th anniversary.
In celebration of National Dairy Month, The Citizen has once again sent a scout to the farm of a Blyth-based family willing to spend a little time educating a local reporter on the ins and outs of a modern Canadian dairy farm.
What began as a simple suggestion for a barn dance has blossomed into one of the Brussels Agricultural Society's (BAS) most successful and talked-about community events in recent memory.
This past Wednesday, the Wingham and District Horticultural Society (WDHS) gathered at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex for its monthly meeting. April is always a busy time for the WDHS
Last Wednesday, local farmers who grow crops for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) gathered at the Blyth Christian Reformed Church for a spring meeting with some of the organization's provincial and federal representatives.
At a special benefit for Jason Hoggart, a Londesborough-based farmer who suffered a debilitating stroke late last year, at the Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron (REACH) in Clinton...
For too many Ontarians, the first time they encounter a municipal planner is the moment they need something from one, whether it be a minor bylaw variance or a major zoning change.
At an agriculturally-oriented Huron-Bruce all-candidates meeting (ACM) in Teeswater last month, Green Party candidate and organic farmer Matthew Van Ankum made more than a few interesting points about the politics of farming...
As the "Buy Canadian" movement has caught fire amidst trade war tensions, the imposition of tariffs and a general souring of the relationship between Canada and its neighbours to the south, many can count themselves lucky to be residents...
These days, more and more folks are looking to keep it local while grocery shopping, and for the people of Blyth, it's harder to go any more local than the produce from G.L. Hubbard Ltd, located right on Dinsley Street.
Last year, when Ripley's Hannah MacDonald travelled to Toronto to represent her community at the Canadian National Exhibition's (CNE) Ambassador Competition, she brought with her...