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Ontario Plowmen’s Association BMO Farm Family - Top 10

Ontario Plowmen’s Association BMO Farm Family - Top 10

My family and I were nominated for the new 2012 BMO Family Farm Award through the Ontario Plowman’s Association. Our local OPA Branch – Perth County nominated our family and the Farm Family Provincial Committee out of over 28 nominees choose us as one of the top 10 families across the province. We will be honoured at our local plowing match and at the 2012 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo being held in the Region of Waterloo. The awards are given to families who best represent the values of the family farm within their rural communities.

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