The Ploughing Championship kicks off today

[spudfan]

Anyone at the Ploughing Championship?

[Flying Snail]

I was due to head to it today, but didn't fancy getting stuck in the ocean of mud that the carpark would become.

[spudfan]

Might be dried up for next year...

[Horsetan]

1 hour ago, spudfan said:

Might be dried up for next year...

....equal chance of flooding. 

[Broithe]

Time for a new category in the competition?

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

You don't have to go to the ploughing championships to find muck today!

[Flying Snail]

Plenty of lads here into ploughing I see.

Not a surprise really when you think about it ...

[Branchline121]

Probably should have had it a bit earlier, methinks -- although maybe the odd time of year is part of the charm.

[Mayner]

On the face of it Autumn makes sense relatively quiet time of year for cropping farmers and historically relatively dry settled weather conditions. 

The NZ Fieldays largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere aimed mainly at the at the pastoral and forestry sectors held June (early winter) during the quiet period before the calving and lambing seasons when farmers have to work around the clock.. The Fieldays held in a permanent event centre is not as muddy as the ploughing https://www.fieldays.co.nz/attend-fieldays/about-fieldays

 

[Flying Snail]

@Mayner is correct. It's held in autumn as that means its main target market is less busy with farm work.   In the same vein, because it's held on tillage land it has to wait until the harvest is over and the land becomes available.

Edited September 20, 2023 by Flying Snail

[irishrailways52]

sure its only a bit of mud anyway. ok maby "a bit" is inaccurate