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How fast can a tractor really plow a field?

See a tractor in action and find out what affects plowing speed, efficiency, and performance in real farming conditions.
Central Jersey

Plowing matches will take center stage at Howell Farm

A showcase of plowing skills will be on full display when competitors make their way to Howell Living History Farm this weekend. This will be the 42nd year for the annual Howell Farm Plowing Match ...
Chicago Tribune

The Way We Were: For nearly 100 years, Naperville farmers would face off in plowing competions to test their strength, skill and concentration

Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. The Wheatland Plowing Match Association was formed in 1877 as a nod to ...
The Washington Post

After 10,000 years, let’s bury the plow

Jesse Stubs plowing, prepares soil to plant corn on newly-terraced land in Flint River Farms, Georgia, in May 1939. (Marion Post Wolcott/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) Since the ...
AG Week

Plowing ground was once a major part of political debates

More than 100,000 people gathered in 1952 to watch plowing contests and educational events sponsored by the Minnesota Soil Conservation Districts in Dodge County. The huge crowd also came to watch ...