AG Products Competition
Rules & Regulations
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
COMMITTEE: Chairperson Lisa Bowen; Suzanne Barker, Bradley Bowen, Larry Bowen, Jack Kyle, Tracey McFarlane, Jim McKechnie, Audrey Quibell, Sherry Sutcliffe
NOTES
- ENTRIES CLOSE: WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2022.
- LATE ENTRIES CLOSE: WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2022.
- 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.
Important Dates
- ENTRY TAGS READY FOR PICKUP: Friday, September 16, 2022.
- BRINGING EXHIBITS: Ag Products exhibits to be delivered to the COMMONWELL EXHIBITION BUILDING on Tuesday, September 20 between 3:00 pm & 7:45 pm.
- JUDGING: Judging begins Tuesday, September 20 at 8:00 pm.
- REMOVING EXHIBITS: Exhibits may be pickup on Monday, September 26 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 26 will be discarded without notification to the exhibitor.
RULES & REGULATIONS
- ALL PRODUCE: Produce must be grown by the exhibitor in 2022.
- 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 7, 2022. 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 14, 2022. 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 16, 2022. 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 26 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 26, 2022 will be discarded without notification to the exhibitor.
- JUDGING: Commences at 8:00 pm Tuesday, September 20, 2022. 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 October 14th. Cheques MUST be cashed by MARCH 1st, 2023.
- In the event that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacts paid attendance at the 2022 LEX, the Lindsay Agricultural Society (LAS) reserves the right to prorate prize money paid out in order to manage the financial impact on the LAS. The LAS guarantees that the prize money paid out for each show will, at a minimum, be the sum of the entry fees plus sponsorship dollars received for that show. If prorating of prize money is deemed necessary for a show, all exhibitor prize money for that show will be reduced by the same percentage.
- The LEX competitions will be held according to the latest COVID-19 Event Protocol approved by the HKPR Health Unit. All then-current COVID-19 health and safety protocols will be in place and all participants, including but not limited to exhibitors, officials, and volunteers will be expected to adhere to the restrictions at all times. Anyone who fails to adhere to the restrictions will be asked to leave the LEX Grounds and will forfeit any prize money earned.
Hay
HAY - DIVISION 71
EXHIBITS MUST HAVE BEEN GROWN IN 2022
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