Swine Exhibitors Take Top Honors at Iowa State Fair Berkshire Show
DES MOINES, IA (08/25/2017) (readMedia)-- Brice Conover of Baxter won the Champion Gilt Berkshire Show at the 2017 Iowa State Fair. The Reserve Gilt was shown by Reed Family Berks of Ottumwa. The Grand Champion Boar banner went to Four Generations Berkshire of Ida Grove while the Reserve Champion Boar banner was awarded to Long Family Farms of Cedar.
The Premier Exhibitor award went to CJL Farms of Council Bluffs. The Premier Exhibit award is given to the exhibitor who accumulates the most points based upon the day's placings.
Animals are divided according to farrowing date based on the other animals entered in the competition.
BERKSHIRE
Gilts - Class 1
1) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
2) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
3) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
4) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
Gilts - Class 2
1) Fly'n K Berkshires, Alvord
2) Cornhusker Genetics, Elwood, Neb.
3) Fly'n K Berkshires, Alvord
4) Cornhusker Genetics, Elwood, Neb.
5) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
6) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
7) West Valley Farms, Whiting
8) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein
9) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein
10) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
11) Casey Conover, Council Bluffs
12) Biz-E-Acres Berkshires, Waverly
13) Biz-E-Acres Berkshires, Waverly
14) Casey Conover, Council Bluffs
Gilts - Class 3
1) Four Generations Berkshire, Ida Grove
2) Mike Ehlers, Denison
3) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein
4) Rourke Sisters, Iowa City
5) Mike Ehlers, Denison
6) Englands Berkshires, Clearfield
7) Pink Genetics, Douds
8) Casey Conover, Council Bluffs
9) Olson Berks, Newhall
10) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
11) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
Gilts - Class 4
1) Olson Berks, Newhall
2) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
3) Ploeger Show Pigs, Pierson
4) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
5) Double M Farms, Manly
6) Olson Berks, Newhall
7) Four Generations Berkshire, Ida Grove
8) Aaron Hoffman, Ida Grove
9) Aaron Hoffman, Ida Grove
10) Olson Berks, Newhall
Gilts - Class 5
1) Brice Conover, Baxter
2) Englands Berkshires, Clearfield
3) Casey Conover, Council Bluffs
4) Englands Berkshires, Clearfield
5) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
6) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
7) Aaron Hoffman, Ida Grove
8) Cornhusker Genetics, Elwood, Neb.
9) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
10) Terry Weinkoetz, Afton
Gilts - Class 6
1) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
2) Terry Weinkoetz, Afton
3) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
4) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
5) Terry Weinkoetz, Afton
6) MPT Farms, Sloan
7) Four Generations Berkshire, Ida Grove
8) Weinkoetz Showpigs, Afton
9) Weinkoetz Showpigs, Afton
10) Weinkoetz Showpigs, Afton
Gilts - Class 7
1) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
2) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
3) Greenslade Farms, Adel
4) MPT Farms, Sloan
5) Miller Acres Inc., Harcourt
6) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein
7) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein
8) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
9) West Valley Farms, Whiting
10) Koester Farms, Eagle Grove
Boars - Class 1
1) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
2) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
Boars - Class 2
1) Long Family Farms, Cedar
2) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
3) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
4) West Valley Farms, Whiting
5) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein
6) Cottonwood Farm, Holstein
7) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland
8) West Valley Farms, Whiting
9) Biz-E-Acres Berkshires, Waverly
10) Casey Conover, Council Bluffs
11) Casey Conover, Council Bluffs
Boars - Class 3
1) Four Generations Berkshire, Ida Grove
2) Toenjes Show Pigs, Center Junction
3) Rourke Sisters, Iowa City
4) Toenjes Show Pigs, Center Junction
5) Aaron Hoffman, Ida Grove
6) Aaron Hoffman, Ida Grove
Boars - Class 4
1) Brice Conover, Baxter
2) Rourke Sisters, Iowa City
3) Brice Conover, Baxter
4) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
5) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
6) Terry Weinkoetz, Afton
7) Terry Weinkoetz, Afton
8) Terry Weinkoetz, Afton
9) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
10) Weinkoetz Showpigs, Afton
Boars - Class 5
1) Double M Farms, Manly
2) Pink Genetics, Douds
3) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
4) West Valley Farms, Whiting
5) Miller Acres Inc., Harcourt
Champion & Reserve Gilt
Champion) Brice Conover, Baxter
Reserve) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa
Champion & Reserve Boar
Grand) Four Generations Berkshire, Ida Grove
Reserve) Long Family Farms, Cedar
Premier Exhibitor
1) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs
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