'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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