Baxter Exhibitor Takes Top Honors at Iowa State Fair Berkshire Show

DES MOINES, IA (08/23/2013)(readMedia)-- Brice Conover of Baxter showed the Champion and Reserve Champion Boars at the Berkshire Swine Show judged August 16 at the 2013 Iowa State Fair.

The Champion Gilt was exhibited by Reed Family Berks of Ottumwa. The Rourke Sisters of Iowa City were awarded the Reserve Champion Gilt banner.

The Premier Exhibitor award went to Broek Swine Genetics of Sioux Center. The Premier Exhibitor Award is given to the exhibitor who accumulates the most points based upon the day's placings.

Animals are divided according to farrowing date based on the other animals entered in the competition.

Additional results below:

Gilts

1) Casey Conover, Oakland

2) West Valley Farms, Whiting

Gilts

1) Fly'n K Berkshires, Alvord

2) West Valley Farms, Whiting

3) England's Berkshires, Clearfield

4) Wild Wild East, Sloan

5) MPT Farms, Sloan

Gilts

1) Rourke Sisters, Iowa City

2) Broek Swine Genetics, Sioux Center

3) Casey Conover, Oakland

4) Grant Knobloch, Wolcott, Ind.

5) MPT Farms, Sloan

6) 4TK Genetics, Clearfield

7) Parker Christian, Ames

8) 4TK Genetics, Clearfield

9) Mike Ehlers, Denison

10) Casey Conover, Oakland

11) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

12) Biz-E-Acres Berkshires, Waverly

13) Wild Wild East, Sloan

Gilts

1) AJC Berkshires, Baxter

2) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

3) Aaron Hoffman, Ida Grove

4) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein

5) Biz-E-Acres Berkshires, Waverly

6) Four Generations Berks, Ida Grove

7) England's Berkshires, Clearfield

8) Biz-E-Acres Berkshires, Waverly

9) Aaron Hoffman, Ida Grove

10) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

Gilts

1) Olson Berks, Newhall

2) Grant Knobloch, Wolcott, Ind.

3) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

4) Broek Swine Genetics, Sioux Center

5) Broek Swine Genetics, Sioux Center

6) Olson Berks, Newhall

7) Broek Swine Genetics, Sioux Center

8) Casey Conover, Oakland

9) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

10) Olson Berks, Newhall

11) Brooke Mueller, Manly

12) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein

Gilts

1) Broek Swine Genetics, Sioux Center

2) Pink Genetics, Keota

3) Fly'n K Berkshires, Alvord

4) Mike Ehlers, Denison

5) Broek Swine Genetics, Sioux Center

6) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

7) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

8) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

9) Fly'n K Berkshires, Alvord

10) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein

11) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein

12) 4TK Genetics, Clearfield

13) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

Gilts

1) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa

2) White Knight Farms, Holstein

3) Dylan Mueller, Manly

4) Miller Farms/ Millarbd Berks, Knoxville

5) Four Generations Berks, Ida Grove

6) Grant Knobloch, Wolcott, Ind.

7) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa

8) West Valley Farms, Whiting

9) Four Generations Berks, Ida Grove

10) White Knight Farms, Holstein

Boars

1) West Valley Farms, Whiting

Boars

1) Schmaling Brothers Berkshires, Ogden

2) Broek Swine Genetics, Sioux Center

3) 4TK Genetics, Clearfield

4) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

5) West Valley Farms, Whiting

6) Biz-E-Acres Berkshires, Waverly

Boars

1) Brice Conover, Baxter

2) Grant Knobloch, Wolcott, Ind.

3) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

4) Aaron Hoffman, Ida Grove

5) Casey Conover, Oakland

6) Biz-E-Acres Berkshires, Waverly

7) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

8) Biz-E-Acres Berkshires, Waverly

Boars

1) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa

2) Broek Swine Genetics, Sioux Center

3) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa

4) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

5) Pink Genetics, Keota

6) Broek Swine Genetics, Sioux Center

7) Casey Conover, Oakland

8) 4TK Genetics, Clearfield

9) Mike Ehlers, Denison

10) Mike Ehlers, Denison

11) England's Berkshires, Clearfield

12) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

13) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

14) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

15) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

Boars

1) Brice Conover, Baxter

2) Parker Christian, Ames

3) Phenotypic Acres, Inc., Ames

4) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

5) LWB, Moorland

"Nothing Compares" to the Iowa State Fair. The 2013 Fair ended August 18. The 2014 Iowa State Fair is set August 7-17. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.

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