Hawkeye Market Swine Champions Awarded at State Fair

DES MOINES, IA (09/14/2009)(readMedia)-- Kale, Koby and Kabe Boysen of Morning Sun were awarded the Grand Champion banner at the Hawkeye Market Swine Show August 23, at the 2009 Iowa State Fair.

Reserve Champion honors were captured by Keaton and Kolten Greiner of Keota.

Kirkwood Community College of Cedar Rapids took the Grand Champion Truckload banner while the Becker Sisters of Keota were awarded Reserve Champion Truckload honors.

Additional results follow:

Truckload-Purebred

1) Mike Ehlers, Denison

2) ISU Swine Teaching Farm, Ames

3) Butcher Family Farm, Holstein

Truckload-Crossbred

1) Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids

2) Becker Sisters, Keota

3) Hauser Livestock, Grinnell

4) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

Purebred Hamps

1) Paityn Peterson, Rhodes

2) Tyler Swenson, Montezuma

3) Mike Ehlers, Denison

4) Mike Ehlers, Denison

5) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

6) Mike Ehlers, Denison

7) Mike Ehlers, Denison

8) Mike Ehlers, Denison

9) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

10) Robert L Einfeldt & C.L. Mays, Durant

11) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

Purebred, All other Breeds

1) Lyn Claussen, Long Grove

2) Kacie and Carter Niehaus Partridge, Sac City

3) Jack Bair, Elkhart

4) Kacie and Carter Niehaus Partridge, Sac City

5) Albert Butler, Lacona

6) ISU Swine Teaching Farm, Ames

7) Butcher Family Farm, Holstein

Purebred, All Other Breeds

1) Becker Sisters, Keota

2) Jack Bair, Elkhart

3) Butcher Family Farm, Holstein

4) Butcher Family Farm, Holstein

5) ISU Swine Teaching Farm, Ames

6) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo

7) Darwin Niehaus, Greene

Purebred, All Other Breeds

1) Reid & Grant Hoppes, Van Meter

2) Jack Bair, Elkhart

3) Darwin Niehaus, Greene

4) Butcher Family Farm, Holstein

5) Bengtson Show Stock, Ogden

6) Adam Conover, Baxter

7) Lyn Claussen, Long Grove

8) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo

Crossbred Gilts

1) Reid & Grant Hoppes, Van Meter

2) Bengtson Show Stock, Ogden

3) Joshua & Jenny Peterson, Knoxville

4) Adelai & Celeste Swanson, Galt

5) Bruce Rainboth, Marcus

6) Scanlon Farms, Oskaloosa

7) Duane Ver Ploeg, Pella

Crossbred Gilts

1) Mac & Mitch Harken, Pleasantville

2) Tyler Frasher, Anamosa

3) Becker Sisters, Keota

4) Bakker Bros. Swine, Dike

5) Bengtson Show Stock, Ogden

6) Duane Ver Ploeg, Pella

7) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

8) Kyle Marker, Clarion

9) Bruce Rainboth, Marcus

10) Schweitzer Farms, Hedrick

11) Emily Pansegrau, Gilman

Crossbred Gilts

1) Kolton Greiner, Keota

2) Cody & Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

3) Abby Collison, Rockwell City

4) Kelly Sheets, Nevada

5) Kale, Koby, Kabe Boysen, Morning Sun

6) Becker Sisters, Keota

7) Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids

8) Zach Jamison, Colo

9) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

10) Ashley West, Prescott

Crossbred Gilts

1) Mac & Mitch Harken, Pleasantville

2) Reid & Grant Hoppes, Van Meter

3) Hauser Livestock, Grinnell

4) Calli Beeler, Truro

5) White Knight Farms, Holstein

6) Zach Jamison, Colo

Crossbred Gilts

1) Cody & Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

2) Calli Beeler, Truro

3) Kacie and Carter Niehaus Partridge, Sac City

4) Adelai & Celeste Swanson, Galt

5) Coppock Family Farms, Marshalltown

6) Robert L Einfeldt & C.L. Mays, Durant

7) White Knight Farms, Holstein

8) Tim Pansegrau, Gilman

Crossbred Barrows

1) Brandyn, Bryce, McKenzie Niemeyer, Zearing

2) Kolton Greiner, Keota

3) Kale, Koby, Kabe Boysen, Morning Sun

4) Becker Sisters, Keota

5) Mikaela H. Engnell, Winterset

6) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

7) Garrett Coffland, Blairstown

8) Scanlon Farms, Oskaloosa

9) Megan Pansegrau, Gilman

10) John Warrick, Prairie City

11) Scanlon Farms, Oskaloosa

12) Bruce Rainboth, Marcus

Crossbred Barrows

1) Tad TeBockhorst, West Chester

2) Keninger Sisters, Ackley

3) Austin Sneller, Prairie City

4) Drew Hinners, Alta

5) Jack Bair Family Polk County Kids, Elkhart

6) Mikaela H. Engnell, Winterset

7) Luke Greiner, Keota

8) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

9) Jack Bair Family Polk County Kids, Elkhart

Crossbred Barrows

1) Tyler Frasher, Anamosa

2) Kale, Koby, Kabe Boysen, Morning Sun

3) Becker Sisters, Keota

4) Joshua & Jenny Peterson, Knoxville

5) Reid & Grant Hoppes, Van Meter

6) Hannah Playter, Lake Mills

7) Bengtson Show Stock, Ogden

8) Kyle, Roger, Michael Smith, Runnells

9) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

10) Andy Bunn, Clarion

11) John Cormaney, Webster City

Crossbred Barrows

1) Brandyn, Bryce, McKenzie Niemeyer, Zearing

2) Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids

3) Blake Frascht, Charles City

4) Robert L Einfeldt & C.L. Mays, Durant

5) Taylor Houska, Sac City

6) Luke Greiner, Keota

7) Schweitzer Farms, Hedrick

8) Miller Acres, Inc., Harcourt

9) Bruce Rainboth, Marcus

10) John Warrick, Prairie City

11) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

12) John Warrick, Prairie City

Crossbred Barrows

1) Abby Collison, Rockwell City

2) Keninger Sisters, Ackley

3) Baily Sonka, Newhall

4) Becker Sisters, Keota

5) Austin Sneller, Prairie City

6) Joshua & Jenny Peterson, Knoxville

7) Jayme Sieren, Keota

8) Tad TeBockhorst, West Chester

9) Bengtson Show Stock, Ogden

10) Jack Bair Family Polk County Kids, Elkhart

11) John Warrick, Prairie City

12) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

13) Donna Lester, Slater

Crossbred Barrows

1) Kale, Koby, Kabe Boysen, Morning Sun

2) Cody & Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

3) Mac & Mitch Harken, Pleasantville

4) Jayme Sieren, Keota

5) Hannah Playter, Lake Mills

6) Hauser Livestock, Grinnell

7) Schweitzer Farms, Hedrick

8) Bengtson Show Stock, Ogden

9) Brady Frascht, Charles City

10) Taylor Houska, Sac City

11) Coppock Family Farms, Marshalltown

12) Carter Ham, Newton

13) White Knight Farms, Holstein

Champion & Reserve Purebred Hampshire

Champion) Paityn Peterson, Rhodes

Reserve Champion) Tyler Swenson, Montezuma

Champion & Reserve Crossbred Gilt

Champion) Keaton Greiner, Keota

Reserve Champion) Cody & Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne

Champion & Reserve Crossbred Barrow

Champion) Kale, Koby, Kabe Boysen, Morning Sun

Reserve Champion) Brandyn, Bryce, McKenzie Niemeyer, Zearing

"State Fair Time" ended August 23. The 2010 Iowa State Fair is set August 12-22. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.

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