Suffolk Breeders Compete for Top Honors at Iowa State Fair

DES MOINES, IA (09/18/2024) (readMedia)-- Kevin Slack of Lake Geneva, Wisc., exhibited the Grand Champion Ram in the Suffolk Sheep show judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.

Five Star J Farms Rachel Thom of Patoka, Ind., showed the Grand Champion Ewe. Randy Dombek of Ivanhoe, Minn., received the Premier Exhibitor award.

The Premier Exhibitor Award is given to the exhibitor who accumulates the most points based upon the day's placings.

Complete results below:

Suffolk

812 - Yearling Ram

1 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

2 Savannah Bailey Casco WI

3 Marvin Fisher Urbandale

4 Barry Bruce Linden IN

5 Lindi Peterson Lemmon SD

6 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

7 Terry Schluensen Bettendorf

8 Craig And Wes Fetters And Por Lucas

9 Dragonstone Downs Lovettsville VA

10 Dragonstone Downs Lovettsville VA

813 - Shorn Yearling Ram

1 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

2 Bottoms Up Suffolks Frankfort IN

3 Brad Fetters Lineville

4 Weston Paul Hardy

814 - Fall Ram Lamb

1 Matthew Wolf Caldwell ID

2 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

3 Barb Stewart Newton

4 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

815 - January Ram Lamb

1 Lindi Peterson Lemmon SD

2 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

3 James Klamfoth Canal Winchester OH

4 Cynthia Huckins Spring Creek NV

5 Paul Skartvedt Radcliffe

6 Terry Schluensen Bettendorf

7 Roger Davis Osceola

8 Tom Burke Smithville MO

816 - February Ram Lamb

1 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

2 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

3 Terry Schluensen Bettendorf

4 Kasi Knutson Centerville SD

5 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

6 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

7 Terry Schluensen Bettendorf

8 Highline Suffolks Manhattan IL

9 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

10 Ron Dreher Great Falls MT

11 Ron Wolff Oakes ND

12 Ron Dreher Great Falls MT

817 - March & After Ram Lamb

1 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

2 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

3 Terry Schluensen Bettendorf

4 Terry Schluensen Bettendorf

5 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

6 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

7 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

8 Ron Wolff Oakes ND

9 Marvin Fisher Urbandale

10 Bret Oelke Barrett MN

11 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

12 Joe Behounek Chelsea

818 - Shorn Ram Lamb -- All Ages

1 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

2 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

3 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

4 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

5 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

6 2 Paul Skartvedt Radcliffe

7 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

8 Bottoms Up Suffolks Frankfort IN

9 Weston Paul Hardy

10 Sidney Paul Hardy

11 Brad Fetters Lineville

819 - Pair of Ram Lambs

1 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

2 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

3 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

4 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

5 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

6 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

7 Paul Skartvedt Radcliffe

8 Ron Dreher Great Falls MT

820 - Yearling Ewe

1 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

2 Five Star J Farms Rachel Thom Patoka IN

3 Matthew Wolf Caldwell ID

4 James Klamfoth Canal Winchester OH

5 Barry Bruce Linden IN

6 Lindi Peterson Lemmon SD

7 Barb Stewart Newton

8 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

9 Ron Wolff Oakes ND

10 Ron Dreher Great Falls MT

11 Creed Harker Oxford

13 Jaelynn Osborn Oxford

820.1 - Yearling Ewe

1 Five Star J Farms Rachel Thom Patoka IN

2 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

3 Barb Stewart Newton

4 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

5 Ron Wolff Oakes ND

6 Tom Burke Smithville MO

7 Barry Bruce Linden IN

8 Matthew Wolf Caldwell ID

9 James Klamfoth Canal Winchester OH

10 Lindi Peterson Lemmon SD

11 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

12 Jaelynn Osborn Oxford

820.2 - Yearling Ewe

1 Cynthia Huckins Spring Creek NV

2 Five Star J Farms Rachel Thom Patoka IN

3 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

4 Tom Burke Smithville MO

5 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

6 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

7 Marvin Fisher Urbandale

8 Ron Dreher Great Falls MT

9 Kasi Knutson Centerville SD

10 Cayenne Harker Oxford

11 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

12 Roger Davis Osceola

821 - Shorn Yearling Ewe

1 Paul Skartvedt Radcliffe

2 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

3 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

4 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

5 Bottoms Up Suffolks Frankfort IN

6 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

7 Sidney Paul Hardy

8 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

9 James Klamfoth Canal Winchester OH

10 Joe Warrick Oskaloosa

11 Joe Warrick Oskaloosa

12 Brad Fetters Lineville

822 - Shorn Fall Ewe Lamb

1 Bottoms Up Suffolks Frankfort IN

2 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

823 - Pair of Yearling Ewes

1 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

2 Five Star J Farms Rachel Thom Patoka IN

3 Tom Burke Smithville MO

4 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

5 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

6 James Klamfoth Canal Winchester OH

7 Barb Stewart Newton

8 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

9 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

10 Barry Bruce Linden IN

11 Jaelynn Osborn Oxford

12 Joe Warrick Oskaloosa

824 - Fall Ewe Lamb

1 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

2 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

3 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

4 Bret Oelke Barrett MN

5 Matthew Wolf Caldwell ID

6 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

7 Joe Behounek Chelsea

8 Bret Oelke Barrett MN

9 Matthew Wolf Caldwell ID

10 Joe Behounek Chelsea

825 - January Ewe Lamb

1 Cynthia Huckins Spring Creek NV

2 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

3 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

4 Bret Oelke Barrett MN

5 James Klamfoth Canal Winchester OH

6 Lindi Peterson Lemmon SD

7 Ron Wolff Oakes ND

8 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

9 Jaelynn Osborn Oxford

10 Creed Harker Oxford

825.1 - January Ewe Lamb

1 Kasi Knutson Centerville SD

2 Hoskins Stock Farm Jefferson

3 Cynthia Huckins Spring Creek NV

4 Barry Bruce Linden IN

5 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

6 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

7 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

8 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

826 - February Ewe Lamb

1 Cynthia Huckins Spring Creek NV

2 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

3 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

4 Lindi Peterson Lemmon SD

5 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

6 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

7 Cayenne Harker Oxford

8 Creed Harker Oxford

826.1 - Febuary Ewe Lamb

1 Ron Wolff Oakes ND

2 Highline Suffolks Manhattan IL

3 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

4 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

5 Barb Stewart Newton

6 Cayenne Harker Oxford

827 - March & After Ewe Lamb

1 Highline Suffolks Manhattan IL

2 Barb Stewart Newton

3 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

4 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

5 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

6 Bret Oelke Barrett MN

7 Ron Dreher Great Falls MT

827.1 - March & After Ewe Lamb

1 Terry Schluensen Bettendorf

2 Kasi Knutson Centerville SD

3 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

4 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

5 Savannah Bailey Casco WI

6 Hoskins Stock Farm Jefferson

7 Ron Dreher Great Falls MT

8 Jaelynn Osborn Oxford

9 Dragonstone Downs Lovettsville VA

828 - Shorn Ewe Lamb -- All Ages

1 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

2 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

3 Maggie Schoelerman Everly

4 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

5 Bottoms Up Suffolks Frankfort IN

6 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

7 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

8 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

9 Bottoms Up Suffolks Frankfort IN

10 Weston Paul Hardy

11 Weston Paul Hardy

12 Maggie Schoelerman Everly

13 Sidney Paul Hardy

14 Brad Fetters Lineville

829 - Pair of Ewe Lambs

1 Cynthia Huckins Spring Creek NV

2 Highline Suffolks Manhattan IL

3 Kasi Knutson Centerville SD

4 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

5 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

6 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

7 Ron Wolff Oakes ND

8 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

9 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

10 Bret Oelke Barrett MN

11 Bottoms Up Suffolks Frankfort IN

12 Ron Dreher Great Falls MT

13 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

14 Weston Paul Hardy

830 - Pair of Lambs

1 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

2 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

3 Cynthia Huckins Spring Creek NV

4 Kasi Knutson Centerville SD

5 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

6 James Klamfoth Canal Winchester OH

7 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

8 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

9 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

10 Ron Wolff Oakes ND

11 Sidney Paul Hardy

12 Weston Paul Hardy

831 - Young Flock

1 Cynthia Huckins Spring Creek NV

2 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

3 Josh Groves Pinckney MI

4 Kasi Knutson Centerville SD

5 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

6 Corinne Arnevik-Hansen Cameron WI

7 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

8 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

9 Ron Dreher Great Falls MT

832 - Flock

1 Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

2 Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

3 Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

4 Krafka Harkema Suffolks 5 Montezuma

5 Dee Vee Ms Farm Zumbrota MN

902 - Grand Champion & Reserve Grand Ram

Grand Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

Res. C Savannah Bailey Casco WI

905 - Grand Champion & Reserve Grand Ewe

Grand Five Star J Farms Rachel Thom Patoka IN

Res. C Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

906 - Premier Exhibitor

2 Pre Kevin Slack Lake Geneva WI

3 Pre Raesa Zelinsky Brookings SD

1 Pre Randy Dombek Ivanhoe MN

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The Iowa State Fair is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country and the single largest event in the state. The Fair began 170 years ago and is now considered one of the best events in the nation, attracting more than one million Fairgoers every year from all over the world. The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University, just off the interstate and minutes from Downtown Des Moines. Catch Fair Fever at the Iowa State Fair, August 8-18, 2024. For more information, visit www.iowastatefair.org.