NOW IN its 55th year, the annual Scottish Ploughing Championships are set to take place on Saturday, October 28, and Sunday, October 29, at Spreaderhull Farm, Crimond, Fraserburgh.
Hosted by the Cowie family, this will be the first time that the Scottish Ploughing Championships have been held so far in to the North-east corner, with 160 ploughers set to compete in the different classes for modern, vintage and horse ploughing – conventional, classic, multi furrow reversible butts, classic reversible, Ferguson TE20, vintage mounted, vintage trailing, high cut, horticultural, horses broken furrow and whole furrow, with the champions in each section going on to represent Scotland at World, European, Six and Five Nations championships, around the globe in 2018.
Ploughing commences at 9.30 am each morning, and the results will be announced around 5pm. Alongside the competition, there will be machinery stands, and demonstrations by modern farm machinery, as well as vintage machinery on display.
More information is available on the website at www.scotplough.co.uk, and you can also keep up to date with the latest news via the Scottish Ploughing Championships Facebook page.
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