 Lake of the Woods County has been chosen as the site of the 2019 World Plowing Competition. Executive Director of Lake of the Woods Tourism, Joe Henry, says it's an honor for Minnesota and for the Bedette and surrounding area to represent the U.S. to such a diverse and international group of visitors. The event will take place August 30th and 31st of 2019. It's anticipated large crowds will attend the competition, some coming from across the world, others driving from the Midwest or from Canada. The World Plowing Organization has reached dating back to 1954. The World Competition has held in a different country each year. With this year's event in Kenya, the 2018 event is in Germany, again the 2019 event up in Lake of the Woods. I actually looked that up a little bit to get some background. It all started in 1931. One farmer said, I'm the best plower in all of the land and another farmer from another country said, no, I'm the best plower from all of the land. They had a competition and it was off. Well, you had to figure it out with somebody. Here we are now. All over Kenya, Germany and now Lake of the Woods. That's really neat. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.