Plowing Bee at Palouse Empire Fairgrounds this weekend

Teresa Simpson, Whitman County Gazette | Apr 18, 20240

Justin Slayton | The Gazette count

A team of horses is driven during the Palouse Empire Threshing Association's April 2023 event at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds.

PALOUSE- The Palouse Empire Threshing Association is hosting its annual Plowing Bee this weekend at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday April 20-21, in the field across from the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds on state Highway 26, west of Colfax.

Co-Organizer Eric Reiber said that they will be doing the preparation of the ground and seeding. "September will be the threshing bee when we harvest what we plant this week," Reiber said.

Reiber said that the team will be in the field and functional at about 10 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday.

There will be a no cost lunch mid-day, Reiber said, adding that will...