FFA Breeding Sheep Win Honors at Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES, IA (08/23/2017) (readMedia)-- Kylee Silliman of Oskaloosa showed the Champion Commercial Ewe in the FFA Breeding Sheep show Friday at the 2017 Iowa State Fair. Silliman's ewe topped 226 sheep exhibited by 116 other competitors.
Savannah Keitzer of Mediapolis was awarded Reserve Champion Commercial Ewe.
Additional results below:
Champion Suffolk Ram: Dalton Bierle, Creston
Champion Suffolk Ewe: Dalton Bierle, Creston
Reserve Champion Suffolk Ewe: Kevin Werner, Grinnell
Supreme Champion Suffolk Individual: Dalton Bierle, Creston
Champion Hampshire Ram: Simon Reichert, Muscatine
Reserve Champion Hampshire Ram: Simon Reichert, Muscatine
Champion Hampshire Ewe: Bailey Godwin, Green County
Champion Southdown Ewe: Destiny Duggen, Muscatine
Reserve Champion Southdown Ewe: Ryan Calvert, Muscatine
Champion Oxford Ewe: Eli Van Roekel, Mid Prairie
Reserve Champion Southdown Ewe: Zach Hamilton, Northeast FFA
Champion Dorper Ewe: Brodina Buusselot, Calamus – Wheatland
Reserve Champion Dorper Ewe: Lauren Heilig, Calamus – Wheatland
Champion Dorset Ram: Levi Klimesh, South Winneshiek
Reserve Champion Dorset Ram: Erika Ackerman, Sumner Fredericksburg
Champion Dorset Ewe: Cody Jimmerson, Earlham
Reserve Champion Dorset Ewe: Shayla Seils, Crooked Creek
Champion Commercial Yearling Ewe: Rachel McAnulty, East Marshall
Chapter Award
1) Muscatine
2) Calamus - Wheatland
3) Grinnell
4) Mediapolis
5) Central Lyon
6) Centerville
7) Creston
8) Northeast
9) Wilton
10) Columbus
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