The 103rd edition of the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo scheduled for this October in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ont., has been postponed until October 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Ontario Plowmen’s Association (OPA) made the announcement on Friday, basing it on local, provincial and federal information and regulations.
The 2020 edition was scheduled for Oct. 14 to 17. Organizers say that since its inception in 1913, the event has only been cancelled two other times: in 1918, during a flu pandemic in Ottawa, and during the Second World War in the 1940s.
The four-day event typically attracts 80,000 visitors, resulting in an economic spinoff of about $25 million for the community, the OPA states. [ Sign up for our