'Cream-of-the-Crop' Earns Ribbons in Farm Crop Contest at Iowa State Fair

DES MOINES, IA (08/16/2018) (readMedia)-- Iowans from all over the state gathered to show off their crops in the Farm Crops contests judged Thursday at the 2018 Iowa State Fair.

Complete results below:

FARM CROPS- SHEAF GRAINS

Barley in the Straw

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Brome Grass for Seed

1) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

2) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Millet for Seed

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Early Oats

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Deb Turnball, Waverly

4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

Mid Season Oats

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Late Season Oats

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Oats, any other

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Orchard Grass

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

Rye in Straw

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

4) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

Grain Sorghum

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Timothy for Seed

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Spring Wheat in Straw

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) Deb Turnball, Waverly

4) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

Winter Wheat in Straw

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

Sheaf Grains - Sweepstakes

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

FARM CROPS- FIELD CORN

Hybrid Commercial, Single Ear

1) James Klindt, Bettendorf

2) David Klindt, Bettendorf

3) Becky Poduska, Chelsea

4) Aaron Adam, Richland

5) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

6) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Hybrid or Open-Pollinated, Longest Ear

1) Paul White, Ames

2) James Klindt, Bettendorf

3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

4) David Klindt, Bettendorf

5) Aaron Adam, Richland

6) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

Hybrid Commercial, Ten Ears, Yellow Corn

1) Becky Poduska, Chelsea

2) David Klindt, Bettendorf

3) James Klindt, Bettendorf

4) Aaron Adam, Richland

5) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

6) Darrell Jamison, Van Meter

Hybrid Commercial, Ten Ears, White Corn

1) James Klindt, Bettendorf

2) David Klindt, Bettendorf

3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

4) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

5) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

6) Deb Turnball, Waverly

Hybrid Commercial, Thirty Ears

1) Becky Poduska, Chelsea

2) James Klindt, Bettendorf

3) David Klindt, Bettendorf

4) Thomas Huck, Plainfield

5) Thomas Huck, Plainfield

6) Kevin Glanz, Manchester

Hybrid Commercial, Full Gallon Shelled Corn

1) James Klindt, Bettendorf

2) David Klindt, Bettendorf

3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

4) Kevin Glanz, Manchester

5) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

6) Susan Schultz, Haverhill

Hybrid Commercial, Standard Bushel Basket Ear Field Corn

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

2) James Klindt, Bettendorf

3) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

4) Darrell Jamison, Van Meter

5) Thomas Huck, Plainfield

6) Darrell Jamison, Van Meter

Hybrid Commercial, First Time Exhibitors, Yellow Corn

1) Alex Beck, Delmar

2) Traye Hindman, Hubbard

Open-Pollinated, Single Ear

1) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

2) Deb Turnball, Waverly

3) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

4) Rena Krebsbach Cling, Urbandale

5) Doug Cling, Urbandale

6) David Klindt, Bettendorf

Open-Pollinated, Ten Ears

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

2) James Klindt, Bettendorf

3) Deb Turnball, Waverly

4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

5) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

New Crop Hybrid Commercial, Yellow Corn

1) James Klindt, Bettendorf

2) Aaron Adam, Richland

3) Brent Lowry, Searsboro

4) David Klindt, Bettendorf

5) Matthew Vandehaar, Altoona

New Crop Hybrid Commercial, White Corn

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

2) James Klindt, Bettendorf

Ornamental Corn

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) James Klindt, Bettendorf

4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Field Corn - Sweepstakes

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

Field Corn - First Place Overall Hybrid Commercial Corn

1) James Klindt, Bettendorf

FARM CROPS- FORAGES, GRASSES & LEGUMES

Alfalfa

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

2) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

3) James Klindt, Bettendorf

4) Thomas Huck, Plainfield

Alsike Clover

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

4) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

Birdsfoot Trefoil

1) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

2) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

4) Deb Turnball, Waverly

Smooth Bromegrass

1) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

2) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

Medium Red Clover

1) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

2) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Millet

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Orchard Grass

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

Reed Canarygrass

1) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

2) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Sudan

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Sweetclover

1) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

2) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

4) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Timothy

1) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

2) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Any Other

1) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

2) Deb Turnball, Waverly

3) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

4) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

Forages, Grasses & Legumes - Sweepstakes

1) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

FARM CROPS- POPCORN

Commercial, White Hybrid Popcorn

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) Becky Poduska, Chelsea

Commercial, Yellow Hybrid Popcorn

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) Dean Small, Altoona

4) Kevin Greiman, Haverhill

Commercial, Mushroom Hybrid Popcorn

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) Becky Poduska, Chelsea

Ornamental, Japanese Hulless/White Rice Popcorn

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Becky Poduska, Chelsea

Ornamental, Strawberry Popcorn

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

3) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Ornamental, Lady Finger Type Popcorn

1) Becky Poduska, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

4) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

Ornamental, Any Other Popcorn

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Becky Poduska, Chelsea

4) Kevin Greiman, Haverhill

Ornamental, Shelled Popcorn

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) Becky Poduska, Chelsea

4) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

Popcorn - Sweepstakes

Champion) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

FARM CROPS- SMALL GRAINS & LEGUMES

Early Oats

1) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

3) David Klindt, Bettendorf

4) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

Mid Season Oats

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

4) David Klindt, Bettendorf

Late Season Oats

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

4) Dean Stormer, Bridgewater

Red Clover Seed

1) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

2) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

Spring Wheat

1) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

2) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

Winter Wheat

1) David Klindt, Bettendorf

Any Other

1) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

2) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

4) Deb Turnball, Waverly

FARM CROPS- SOYBEANS

Early Soybeans

1) Thomas Huck, Plainfield

2) Kevin Glanz, Manchester

3) David Klindt, Bettendorf

4) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

5) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

6) Deb Turnball, Waverly

Mid Season Soybeans

1) Thomas Huck, Plainfield

2) Deb Turnball, Waverly

3) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

4) David Klindt, Bettendorf

5) Lynne Pfantz, State Center

6) Rick Baumhover, Urbandale

Late Season Soybeans

1) Susan Schultz, Haverhill

2) Deb Turnball, Waverly

3) Ronald Zelle, Waverly

4) Mary B Zelle, Waverly

5) Oxford Farms, Ames

6) David Klindt, Bettendorf

Soybean Bundles

1) Ginger Werner, Chelsea

2) Chuck Werner, Chelsea

3) Duane Fisher, West Chester

4) Red Oak Farms, Mechanicsville

5) Jay Van Wert, Hampton

6) Thomas Huck, Plainfield

Soybeans - Sweepstakes

1) Thomas Huck, Plainfield

Soybeans - Best Overall

1) Thomas Huck, Plainfield

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