Suffolk Breeders Compete for Top Honors at Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES, IA (09/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Jerry Quam and Family of Wanamingo, Minn. exhibited the Grand Champion Ram and Grand Champion Eww in the Suffolk Sheep show judged Saturday, August 20, at the 2011 Iowa State Fair. The Minnesota farm also placed first in the Premier Exhibitor competition.
The Reserve Grand Champion Ram was shown by Cynthia Huckins of Spring Creek, Nev. Huckins also placed third in the Premier Exhibitor contest.
Lansing Suffolks of Ossian showed the Reserve Grand Champion Ewe and placed second in the Premier Exhibitor competition.
The Premier Exhibitor Award is given to the exhibitor who accumulates the most points based upon the day's placings.
In the Junior Show, Schoelerman Suffolks of Everly took home both Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Ram banners as well as Reserve Grand Champion Ewe honors.
Amber Hammes of Ankeny exhibited the Grand Champion Ewe.
Additional results follow:
Yearling Ram
1) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
2) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
3) Sandage Farms, State Center
4) Rich Krafka Family Suffolks, Dysart
5) Mae Farms, Orange City
Yearling Ram
1) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
2) Fisher Suffolks, Urbandale
3) Schluensen Suffolks, Bettendorf
4) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
5) Bierle Suffolks, Creston
Shorn Yearling Ram
1) Wayne Skartvedt, Radcliffe
2) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
3) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
Fall Ram Lamb
1) Kjeldgaard Farms, Tekamah, Neb.
2) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
3) Hay Suffolks, Parkersburg
January Ram Lamb
1) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
2) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
3) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
4) Amber Hammes, Ankeny
5) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
6) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
7) Wayne Skartvedt, Radcliffe
8) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
February Ram Lamb
1) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
2) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
3) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
4) John N. Corson, Macomb, Ill.
5) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
6) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
7) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
8) Fisher Suffolks, Urbandale
9) Bierle Suffolks, Creston
10) Mae Farms, Orange City
February Ram Lamb
1) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
2) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
3) John N. Corson, Macomb, Ill.
4) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
5) Rich Krafka Family Suffolks, Dysart
6) Schluensen Suffolks, Bettendorf
7) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
8) Stewart Family Suffolk, Newton
9) 5F Suffolks, Lineville
10) Mae Farms, Orange City
March and After Ram Lamb
1) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
2) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
3) Kjeldgaard Farms, Tekamah, Neb.
4) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
5) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
6) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
7) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
8) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
9) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
10) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
11) Mae Farms, Orange City
12) 5F Suffolks, Lineville
13) Mae Farms, Orange City
Shorn Ram Lamb - All Ages
1) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
2) Werners' Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
3) Reggy Farms, Fairbury, Neb.
4) Werners' Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
5) 5F Suffolks, Lineville
6) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
7) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
Pair of Ram Lambs
1) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
2) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
3) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
4) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
5) John N. Corson, Macomb, Ill.
6) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
7) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
8) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
9) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
10) Werners' Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
11) Mae Farms, Orange City
Yearling Ewe
1) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
2) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
3) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
4) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
5) Wayne Skartvedt, Radcliffe
6) Sandage Farms, State Center
7) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
8) Stewart Family Suffolk, Newton
9) Katherine Newhouse, State Center
10) Mae Farms, Orange City
11) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
Yearling Ewe
1) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
2) George Brothers, Deshler, Ohio
3) Sandage Farms, State Center
4) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
5) Knutzen Suffolks, Edgar, Neb.
6) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
7) Hay Suffolks, Parkersburg
8) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
9) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
10) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
11) Fisher Suffolks, Urbandale
12) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
Yearling Ewe
1) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
2) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
3) George Brothers, Deshler, Ohio
4) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
5) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
6) D&K Acres, Corning
7) Schluensen Suffolks, Bettendorf
8) Sandage Farms, State Center
9) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
10) Amber Hammes, Ankeny
11) Bierle Suffolks, Creston
12) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
13) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
Shorn Yearling Ewe
1) Wayne Skartvedt, Radcliffe
2) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
3) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
4) Bierle Suffolks, Creston
5) Mae Farms, Orange City
6) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
7) Wayne Skartvedt, Radcliffe
8) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
9) Hay Suffolks, Parkersburg
10) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
11) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
12) Fisher Suffolks, Urbandale
13) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
14) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
Yearling Ewe - Weaned a Lamb
1) Stewart Family Suffolk, Newton
2) Mae Farms, Orange City
3) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
Pair of Yearling Ewes
1) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
2) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
3) George Brothers, Deshler, Ohio
4) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
5) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
6) Sandage Farms, State Center
7) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
8) Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
9) Mae Farms, Orange City
10) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
11) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
12) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
Fall Ewe Lamb
1) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
2) Lily Skartvedt, Radcliffe
3) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
4) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
5) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
6) Mae Farms, Orange City
January Ewe Lamb
1) Amber Hammes, Ankeny
2) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
3) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
4) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
5) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
6) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
7) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
8) Bierle Suffolks, Creston
9) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
10) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
11) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
12) Sandage Farms, State Center
13) Ty Skartvedt, Radcliffe
14) Shea Hassebrock, Jewell
February Ewe Lamb
1) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
2) John N. Corson, Macomb, Ill.
3) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
4) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
5) Schluensen Suffolks, Bettendorf
6) Wayne Skartvedt, Radcliffe
7) Sandage Farms, State Center
8) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
9) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
10) Rich Krafka Family Suffolks, Dysart
11) Stewart Family Suffolk, Newton
12) Mae Farms, Orange City
13) Bierle Suffolks, Creston
14) 5F Suffolks, Lineville
February Ewe Lamb
1) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
2) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
3) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
4) John N. Corson, Macomb, Ill.
5) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
6) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
7) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
8) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
9) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
10) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
11) Stewart Family Suffolk, Newton
12) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
13) Ben Newhouse, State Center
14) Mae Farms, Orange City
March and After Ewe Lamb
1) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
2) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
3) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
4) Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
5) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
6) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
7) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
8) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
9) Schluensen Suffolks, Bettendorf
10) D&K Acres, Corning
11) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
12) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
13) Mae Farms, Orange City
14) Landen Skartvedt, Radcliffe
15) Sandage Farms, State Center
16) 5F Suffolks, Lineville
Shorn Ewe Lamb - All Ages
1) Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
2) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
3) Wayne Skartvedt, Radcliffe
4) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
5) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
6) Lily Skartvedt, Radcliffe
7) Bierle Suffolks, Creston
8) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
9) Krafka Harkema Suffolks, Montezuma
10) Hay Suffolks, Parkersburg
11) Wayne Skartvedt, Radcliffe
12) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
13) 5F Suffolks, Lineville
14) Ty Skartvedt, Radcliffe
15) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
16) Mae Farms, Orange City
Pair of Ewe Lambs
1) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
2) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
3) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
4) John N. Corson, Macomb, Ill.
5) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
6) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
7) Hoskins Stock Farm, Jefferson
8) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
9) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
10) Mae Farms, Orange City
11) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
12) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
Pair of Lambs
1) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
2) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
3) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
4) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
5) Benda Suffolks, Jackson, Minn.
6) Werners' Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
7) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
8) Mae Farms, Orange City
9) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
10) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
Young Flock
1) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
2) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
3) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
4) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
5) Werners Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
6) Damman Suffolks, Melbourne
7) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
8) Mae Farms, Orange City
9) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
Flock
1) Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
2) Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
3) Renn-Vue Farms, Pigeon, Mich.
4) WEG Shropshires and 1-80 Flocks, Geneva, Neb.
5) Mae Farms, Orange City
6) Doug Nielsen, Rock Valley
7) Tony Stalzer, Zearing
Senior Champion Ewe: Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
Reserve Senior Champion Ewe: Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
Senior Champion Ewe - Junior Show: Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
Reserve Senior Champion Ewe - Junior Show: Dalton Hicks, Stillwater, Okla.
Junior Champion Ewe: Lansing Suffolks, Ossian
Reserve Junior Champion Ewe: Amber Hammes, Ankeny
Junior Champion Ram-Junior Show: Amber Hammes, Ankeny
Reserve Junior Champion Ram-Junior Show: Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
Senior Champion Ram: Jerry Quam and Family, Wanamingo, Minn.
Senior Champion Ram -Junior Show: Werners' Hilltop Farm, Grinnell
Junior Champion Ram: Cynthia Huckins, Spring Creek, Nev.
Reserve Junior Champion Ram: Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
Junior Champion Ram-Junior Show: Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
Reserve Junior Champion Ram -Junior Show: Schoelerman Suffolks, Everly
The 2011 Iowa State Fair "Nothing Compares" ended August 21. The 2012 Iowa State Fair is set August 9-19. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.
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