Wellington Junior Farmers host international visitors

During the week of Aug. 7 Wellington County Junior Farmers hosted five international delegates.

They came from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

While in Wellington County they had a chance to experience goat farms, dairy farms, trout farms and also learned how to make a horse buggy.

After being in Canada for nearly 11 weeks (for most of them), the local Junior Farmers thought it would be nice to show them other aspects of Canadian culture, in addition to farming.

On Aug. 8, they experienced the Elora Raceway, where they got to meet a race horse and also had a race named after them.

On Aug. 11, they visited Dixon’s Distillery, Guelph’s first craft distillery.

“It was fascinating to see the processes from start to finish,” club officials note.

The group topped its week off by attending the Junior Farmers Golf Tournament in Guelph.

“We will miss having our amazing delegates with us and wish them all the best in their future travels,” club officials state.