The plow cuts into the earth, turning soil that is the same deep brown hue as the giant horses pulling the antique farm machinery. "Haw," calls out Maddie Schill, and the team of Brabant draft horses, ...

The life of a working draft horse can be a grueling and tragic one. These powerful workhorses literally pull their weight on the farm, doing all sorts of tough physical jobs from plowing fields to ...

Apr. 28—PLYMOUTH — The fourth edition of the Baldwin Percheron Plow Day brought dozens of people to plow, or watch people plow, a tract of land along Seven Hills Road. Joel Baldwin sponsors the annual ...

Britney Davies swung open the gate in a barn at the Oliver Kelley Farm in Elk River and stepped inside. A Belgian draft horse ...

WARWICK, N.D. — Russell Wallace has loved and appreciated horses his whole life. He grew up around them and took care of his own. He’s too old to ride anymore, he said, but has found a new way to ...

FRIDAY, 4/12 Farm Fest 2013 & Draft Horse Plowing Competition We ll spend the morning on the grounds of the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center in McMinnville to preview this weekend s annual Farm Fest & ...

Fredericksburg — The 25th annual Horse Plowing Contest, sponsored by the Iowa-Minnesota Draft Horse Association, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Loren Engelbrecht farm located on ...

VALPARAISO — Teams of horses lined up with contestants near the entrance to the Porter County Fair as they prepared to compete in the 4-H draft horse show. A draft horse is a large horse bred to be a ...

CASTLEWOOD, Va. – Matthew Adams is a master of horsepower. In fact, the 19-year Southwest Virginia Community College student controls one of the most powerful rides in the nation. The secret weapon ...

LeROY -- The 23rd annual horse-plowing contest sponsored by the Iowa Minnesota Draft Horse Plowing Association begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at Grass &; Sons Seeds near LeRoy. There will be eight ...