FIELD CROPS

COMMITTEE

Ray Pender, Chairperson, Ian McGregor, David Reid, Bruce Henderson

On line entries are available this year, please use this link: https://www.assistexpo.ca/renfrewfair

Judging will begin at 9 a.m., Thursday, September 5, 2024.

GENERAL RULES

1. All exhibitors must be members of the Renfrew Agricultural Society. $10.00 membership fee allows a member to exhibit in other sections of the fair.
2. All entries will be received in Exhibit Hall between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Wednesday, September 4, 2024.
3. All applicable rules of the Renfrew Agricultural Society will apply.
4. Entries to be removed at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 8, 2024.
5. No exhibitor may exhibit more than one entry in each section.

In each section of Classes 24, 25 and 26, the prize money will be:

1^st – $7.00: 2^nd – $6.00: 3^rd – $5.00: 4^th – $4.00: 5^th – $3.00

$2.00 will be given to each remaining credible entry.

HAY – CLASS 24

In order to assist in the encouragement of Better Quality hay, the Renfrew Agricultural Society will be sponsoring a Hay Show as one of the special features.

RULES

1. All hay must be of the 2024 crop.
2. The exhibit must consist of one 4” flake of hay, machine baled, undisturbed, placed in a plastic bag.
3. Haylage to be exhibited in plastic grain bags.

NOTE: Plastic bags are compliments of the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association and are available from the fair office.

SECTION

1. First Cut Hay – alfalfa, 85% or more alfalfa.
2. First Cut Hay – legume other than alfalfa, at least 85% legume.
3. First Cut Hay – legume and grass mixture, at least 30% grass or legume.
4. First Cut Hay – grass, 85% grass or more.
5. Second or Third Cut Hay – legume, 85% legume or more.
6. Second or Third Cut Hay – grass and legume mixture, at least 30% grass or legume.
7. Haylage.
8. Straw.
9. * RENFREW AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SPECIAL – Large Square or Round Bale.

Class – One 4” flake, machine baled, 1^st cut hay placed in a clear plastic bag from a large square bale.

1^st – $30.00; 2^nd – $25.00; 3^rd – $20.00; 4^th – $15.00; 5^th – $10.00

10.  * RENFREW AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SPECIAL – Large Square or Round Bale.

Class – One 4” flake, machine baled, 2^nd or 3^rd cut hay placed in a clear plastic bag from a large square bale.

1^st – $30.00; 2^nd – $25.00; 3^rd – $20.00; 4^th – $15.00; 5^th – $10.00

*SAMPLES MUST BE CUT TO FIT IN PLASTIC HAY BAGS.

LARGE BALE SAMPLES MUST BE CUT TO A SIMILAR SIZE.

CHAMPION HAY, GRAIN & SEED EXHIBIT – $100.00 credit towards forage, grain or cover crop seed – SPONSORED BY M & R FEEDS, RENFREW AND SPEARE SEEDS.

CORN – CLASS 25

The purpose of this class is to demonstrate the value of high yielding, early maturing Hybrid corn varieties for ensilage and grain with high feeding value.

SECTION

1. Sheaf of 6 stalks ensilage corn, Hybrid to be named.
2. Eight cobs of corn, Hybrid to be named.
3. Shelled corn, 2.5 kgs.
4. Corn silage.
5. Tallest corn stalk with root; at least one cob
6. Shelled corn bin run unaltered.

CHAMPION CORN EXHIBIT – $100.00 off the purchase price of seed corn – SPONSORED BY GALBRAITH/JOCKBRAE FARMS.

GRAIN AND SEEDS – CLASS 26

RULES

1. The quantity of all exhibits must be 2.5 kgs.  No prize will be allowed on a lesser quantity.  To be shown in plastic bags supplied by the Renfrew Agricultural Society and available at the fair office.
2. Grain and seed grown in the previous year are also eligible provided they have not been shown previously at the Renfrew Fair.

SECTION

1. Spring wheat
2. Fall wheat
3. Oats
4. Huless Oates
5. Rye
6. Field Beans, white
7. colored Beans
8. Barley, 6 row
9. Barley 2 row
10. Malt Barley
11. Field Peas
12. Forage Peas
13. Timothy Seed
14. Alfalfa Seed
15. Red Clover Seed
16. Soyabeans, GMO
17. Soyabeans, NON GMO
18. Buckwheat
19. Sunflower Seed, 2.5 kgs
20. Canola Seed
21. Sheaf Oats, 2” diameter at centre band
22. Sheaf Fall Wheat, 2” diameter at centre band
23. Sheaf Spring Wheat, 2” diameter at centre band
24. Sheaf Barley, 2” diameter at centre band
25. Sheaf Rye, 2” diameter at centre band

CHAMPION GRAIN AND SEED EXHIBIT – $100 off 1 tonne of fertilizer – SPONSORED BY BARKLEY DICK & SON FARM SUPPLY

ANDREW JOHNSTON MEMORIAL – CHAMPION FIELD CROP EXHIBIT.