AG Products Competition

Rules & Regulations

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

COMMITTEE: Chairperson Lisa Bowen; Suzanne Barker, Larry Bowen, Bradley Bowen, Jack Kyle, Tracey McFarlane, Jim McKehnie, Audrey Quibell, Sherry Sutcliffe, & Candace Webster.

Important Dates

ENTRIES CLOSE: Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
LATE ENTRIES CLOSE: Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
ENTRY TAGS READY FOR PICKUP: Monday, September 15, 2025.
BRINGING EXHIBITS: Ag Products exhibits to be delivered to the COMMONWELL EXHIBITION BUILDING on Tuesday, September 16 between 3:00 pm & 7:45 pm.
JUDGING: Judging begins Tuesday, September 16 at 8:00 pm.
REMOVING EXHIBITS: Exhibits may be pickup on Monday, September 22 from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. *Please note there will no longer be Sunday pickup. Perishable items not picked up on Monday, September 22 will be discarded without notification to the exhibitor.

Important Notes

Completed entry forms may be submitted by fax, via phone, via email, delivered in-person to the LEX office, or completed online at https://www.assistexpo.ca/lindsayex
LATE FEE: $5.00 per entry.
When making entries use 4 DIGITS, the first 2 are DIVISION number & second 2 are CLASS number.

RULES & REGULATIONS

ALL PRODUCE: Produce must be grown by the exhibitor in 2025.
FEE: $10.00 Administration fee must accompany each entry forms.
CLOSING DATE: Agricultural Products Entry Forms must be received by 11:59 pm on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025. Entry forms received after this time will be charged AN ADDITIONAL LATE FEE OF $5.00. ABSOLUTELY NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025. Submit entries to the LEX office in person, via fax (705) 324-8111, email (fair@lindsayex.com), or online at https://www.assistexpo.ca/lindsayex.
ENTRIES ALLOWED: Exhibitors may make ONE ENTRY only and receive ONE PRIZE only in each class.
JUDGING: Judging will be based on quality, arrangement and cleanliness, free of foreign matter and uniformity if 2 or more are required.
Exhibitors will be awarded ribbons to the top 5 placings.
TAGS: Tags will be available for pick-up September 15, 2025. Tags may not be picked up at the time of bringing in entry form. LINDSAY EXHIBITION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO OPEN ALL ENTRY TAGS AFTER JUDGING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
REMOVING EXHIBITS: Exhibits may be pickup on Monday, September 22 from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. *Please note there will no longer be Sunday pickup. Perishable items not picked up on Monday September 22, 2025 will be discarded without notification to the exhibitor.
JUDGING: Commences at 8:00 pm Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Only committee members and volunteers will be allowed in the building during judging.
RULES: All General Rules of the Exhibition which are applicable will apply. Separate Rules and Regulations apply to Homecraft and Horticulture Departments. See each department in this prize book.
PRIZE MONEY: Prize money won will be paid by cheque and mailed after November 14th. Cheques MUST be cashed by April 1st, 2026.

Hay

HAY - DIVISION 71

EXHIBITS MUST HAVE BEEN GROWN IN 2024

Each hay exhibit is to consist of at least a 15cm wide flake of hay from the centre of the bale, appropriately displayed.

Prizes: 1st: $8, 2nd: $6, 3rd: $4

Classes:

1.	First Cut Hay - Open to all grass and legume mixtures.
2.	Second Cut Hay - Open to all grass and legume mixtures.
3.	Haylage - Open to all grass and legume mixtures, 5 kg.
4.	Haylage - Open to all grass and legume mixtures, from a large wet bale, 5 kg.

KEITH & JEFF THURSTON & PIONEER HYBRID LTD will donate 25 kg of a Pioneer alfalfa variety to the Exhibitor with the most points in the hay/haylage classes 7101 to 7104

Field Crops

FIELD CROPS - DIVISION 72

EXHIBITS MUST HAVE BEEN GROWN IN 2024

Each sample in the following classes must be named by specific variety/number

Prize money for these classes is partially sponsored by SUNDERLAND CO-OPERATIVE INC.

Prizes: 1st: $8, 2nd: $6, 3rd: $4

Classes:

1.	Barley - Submit one 3 kg to 5 kg sample. - Any Variety.
2.	Winter Wheat - Submit one 3 kg to 5 kg sample. - Any variety.
3.	Oats - Submit one 3 kg to 5 kg sample. - Any variety.
4.	Soybeans - Largest number of pods, 1 stalk.
5.	Grain Corn - Submit 8 cobs. - Any variety.
6.	Ensilage Corn - Submit sheaf of 8 stalks. - Any variety.
7.	Specialty Corn - Submit one 5 ear sample. - Any other variety (popcorn, ornamental, etc.).
8.	Bean - Submit sheaf of 10 plants with roots removed. - Any variety. Sponsorship: $100.00, Midnight Acres Inc.

GRAND CHAMPION FIELD CROPS - MAPLESEED SPECIAL

Awarded to the Exhibitor with the most points in Field Crop classes 7201 to 7208

Fruits And Vegetables

FRUITS & VEGETABLES - DIVISION 73

Prizes: 1st: $8, 2nd: $6, 3rd: $4

Classes:

1.	Spanish Onion - Submit 3
2.	Cooking Onion - Submit 3
3.	Garlic - Submit 3
4.	Sunflowers - Mature, 2 heads tied together, under 20 cm in diameter.
5.	Sunflowers - Mature, 2 heads tied together, 20 cm & over in diameter.
6.	Gourds - Submit 4 different varieties displayed in a suitable container.
7.	Red Potatoes - Red skin, white flesh. - Submitted 5 on a plate. - Any other variety, must be named.
8.	White Potatoes - White skin, white flesh. - Submitted 5 on a plate. - Any other variety, must be named.
9.	Potatoes - Yukon Gold, Purple. - Submitted 5 on a plate. - Any other variety, must be named.
10.	Fresh Garden Herbs - Submit the best collection of 4 or more varieties of fresh herbs.
11.	Dried Garden Herbs - Submit the best collection of 4 or more varieties of dry herbs.
12.	Buttercup Squash - Submit 1.
13.	Butternut Squash - Submit 1.
14.	Pepper Squassh - Submit 1.
15.	Hubbard Squash - Submit 1.
16.	Cauliflower - Submit 1.
17.	Sweet Green Peppers - Submit 2 peppers. - Any variety, must be named.
18.	Sweet Peppers - Submit 2 peppers - Any other variety - Must be named
19.	Peppers - Submit 2 peppers. - Any other variety, must be named.
20.	Berries - Submit in a pint container. - Any variety, must be named.
21.	Watermelon - Submit 1.
22.	Nantes Carrots - Submit 5. - Tops removed to 2.5 cm, tapered, & blunt end.
23.	Chantenay Carrots - Submit 5. - Tops removed to 2.5 cm, tapered, & sharp end.
24.	Round Beets - Submit 5. - Any table variety, tops removed to approximately 2.5 cm.
25.	Cylindrical Beets - Submit 5. - Any table variety, tops removed to approximately 2.5 cm.
26.	Yellow Beets - Submit 5. - Any table variety, tops removed to approximately 2.5 cm.
27.	Table Cucumbers - Submit 2.
28.	Red or Orange Tomatoes - Submit 5. - Stems on.
29.	Green or Yellow Tomatoes - Submit 5. - Stems on.
30.	Cherry Tomatoes - Submit 10. - Stems on.
31.	Pie Pumpkin - Submit 1
32.	Open Class - Any Vegetable - Not listed in this book. - Must be named.

Giant Vegetables

GIANT VEGETABLES - DIVISION 74

*MUST BE EDIBLE*

Tap roots do not qualify
Tops removed to approximately 2.5 cm.

Prizes: 1st: $8, 2nd: $6, 3rd: $4

Classes:

1.	Longest Carrot
2.	Largest Carrot - Judged on weight.
3.	Largest Beet - Girth measurement, single top.
4.	Heaviest Potato
5.	Heaviest Tomato
6.	Heaviest Onion
7.	Heaviest Cabbage
8.	Largest Turnip - Girth measurement, single top.
9.	Longest Zucchini
10.	Largest Pumpkin - Judged on weight. Prizes: 1st: $100, 2nd: $25, 3rd: $10, others: $0 Sponsorship: $135.00, Lindsay Farmers' Market Association

NOTE: Entries for Largest Pumpkin must be received by the Lindsay Exhibition office by September 3, 2025 and CANNOT be submitted thorugh school.

LINDSAY FARMERS' MARKET operates on Victoria Avenue, between Peel and Kent Street, from the first Saturday in May until the last Saturday in October. The winning Largest Pumpkin remains the property of the exhibitor and must be picked up no later than 7:00 pm, Monday after the LEX.

Specials

SPECIALS - DIVISION 75

Prizes: 1st: $15, 2nd: $12, 3rd: $8

Classes:

1.	Scarecrow - 1 to 2 metres high. - The scarecrow must stand up or sit down with its own support system. Sponsorship: $35.00, Suzanne Barker

Tallest Sunflower

- Submit 1 stalk, cut off at ground level (no roots).

Largest Sunflower Head

- Single head, measured in diameter.
- No stalk.

Tallest Corn Stalk

- Submit 1 stalk, cut off at ground level (no roots).

Butter And Eggs

BUTTER SCULPTURE & EGGS - DIVISION 76

Prizes: 1st: $8, 2nd: $6, 3rd: $4

Classes:

1.	Butter Sculpture Prizes: 1st: $15, 2nd: $12, 3rd: $8, others: $0

Maximum height of 45 cm - Maximum base size 30 cm x 30 cm
To be made entirely from BUTTER
Internal props are permitted for stability only
Judging to be based on CREATIVITY, ORIGINALITY and QUALITY
EXHIBITS must be delivered to the display cooler in the Commonwell Exhibition Building no later than 7:45 pm on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025.
Only top 5 entries will be displayed.

2.	White Eggs - Displayed in a ½ dozen carton.

3.	Brown Eggs - Displayed in a ½ dozen carton.

4.	Largest Egg - Submit 1, measured by height. - Displayed in an appropriate carton.

5.	Coloured Eggs - Displayed in a 1/2 dozen carton.

Maple Syrup

MAPLE SYRUP - DIVISION 77

Prizes: 1st: $15, 2nd: $12, 3rd: $8

Classes:

1.	Maple Syrup - 250 mL maple syrup jar, no labels (only entry tag) Youth Maple Syrup class available in the Homecraft Youth Classes - Division 80 Legal size maple syrup jars can be made available at the LEX office Sponsorship: $35.00, Suzanne Barker

OAAS Maple Syrup Competition

Pure Maple Syrup, Ontario Grade A - Amber

Rules for 2025 Fairs & 2026 Convention

Please review the General Competition Rules document.

Entry must be made solely by the person or family entering the competition. The entries at the fair level, district level and provincial level must be from the same batch.

District Competition

Maple syrup exhibits shall consist of one (1) curved Kent style glass bottle (D&G #505188 Syrup Bottle with Handle), or equivalent, of Maple Syrup, Canada Grade A - Amber, having a capacity of 250 mL.

Each agricultural society is entitled to send their best of show to the district competition.

If the exhibitor has won at more than one fair, the one closest to the exhibitor’s home address is the agricultural society from which the entry will be sent to the district competition. The other agricultural societies may send their second place winner into the district competition. An exhibitor may only enter into one district competition.

The OAAS will award a ribbon to exhibitors of winning entries at each district competition.

Provincial Competition

Maple syrup exhibits shall consist of two (2) curved Kent style glass bottles (D&G #505188 Syrup Bottle with Handle), or equivalent, of Maple Syrup, Canada Grade A - Amber, each having a capacity of 250 mL.

Entries must be labelled on the BOTTOM of the containers only with a supplied entry number or identifier. No other labels will be permitted.

All maple syrup should have a flavour characteristic of its respective colour class and be free from any objectionable odour or taste. It is best to sample from the same lot before submitting your entries to the OAAS.

Any maple syrup entry containing any form of foreign material will be disqualified from the competition.

Maple syrup will be judged using the standards published by the OAAS in Agriculture & Horticulture Judging Standards for Ontario Fairs. An approved maple syrup colorimeter will be used to assess the colour.

1st and 2nd place entries will be placed up for auction at the convention. Other entries will be returned.

Judging Standards
40 points - Flavour
30 points - Density
20 points - Colour
10 points - Clarity

Provincial Prize Money – 1st - $50.00, 2nd - $30.00, 3rd - $20.00