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36 THE RURAL \OIC
FARM NEWS
OPA president
faces challenges
Edgar Wilson, a farmer from
Peel and Dufferin, is looking for-
ward to an eventful year as presi-
dent of the Ontario Plowmen's
Association. He was elected at the
annual meeting of the OPA, held
at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto.
The International Plowing
Match and Farm Machinery Show
is put on by the Ontario
Plowmen's Association and its
local committees each year in a dif-
ferent county or region of Ontario.
It is one of the top agricultural
shows in North America.
One of the concerns of the OPA,
like many other agricultural
organizations, is the continuing
poor state of the agricultural
economy. "We had over 600 ex-
hibitors at last year's International
Plowing Match in Elgin County,"
says Wilson, "and we'd like to
keep them coming back. We have
to continue to provide a profitable
venue for them to show at. That
means attracting a higher percen-
tage of farmers through the gate —
farmers who are interested in buy-
ing — and making the IPM
organization sensitive to changing
trends in agriculture."
Plowing is not the major draw-
ing card for the exhibitors or the
visitors. "Over the last number of
years, the IPM has established
itself as a top-notch trade show,"
he says.
Wilson is a dairy farmer from
Peel and Dufferin. He and his
wife, Ruth, bought their farm,
Bern-Bry Farm, in 1955. He and
his two sons, Bernard and Bryon,
who are in partnership with their
father, milk 120 registered Hols-
teins out of a 400 -head herd. They
also feed between 100-150 beef cat-
tle. They grow all their feed on
their own farm, which is about 250
acres, and on the 1,000-1,200 acres
that they rent. They also grow
wheat and barley as cash crops.
The recent decision of the On-
tario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food to reduce their involvement
in the match will add to the
challenges Wilson faces during his
year in the presidency. In the past
the Ministry has committed signifi-
cant personnel and resources to the
match but has now decided to limit
its involvement to providing grants
for the match.11