Swine Exhibitors Take Top Honors at Iowa State Fair Berkshire Show

DES MOINES, IA (09/10/2024) (readMedia)-- Brice Conover of Baxter won the Champion Boar and Champion Gilt banners in the Berkshire Show at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.

The Reserve Champion Gilt was shown by Joy Genetics of Dunbar, Neb. Charlie England of Clearfield won Reserve Champion Boar.

Animals are divided according to farrowing date based on the other animals entered in the competition.

Complete results below:

Berkshire

100.1 - Class 1 Boars

1 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

100.2 - Class 2 Boars

1 Brice Conover Baxter

2 Chris Conover Oakland

100.3 - Class 3 Boars

1 Brice Conover Baxter

2 Brandon Ihrke Dover MN

3 Brandon Ihrke Dover MN

4 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

5 Seybold Berkshires Wilcox NE

6 Cottonwood Farms Holstein

100.4 - Class 4 Boars

1 Charlie England Clearfield

2 Brice Conover Baxter

3 Benjamin Shivers Bondurant

4 Chris Conover Oakland

5 Cottonwood Farms Holstein

6 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

100.5 - Class 5 Boars

1 Brice Conover Baxter

2 Chris Conover Oakland

3 Brice Conover Baxter

4 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

5 Cottonwood Farms Holstein

6 Cottonwood Farms Holstein

105.1 - Class 1 Gilts

1 Chris Conover Oakland

2 Chris Conover Oakland

3 Chris Conover Oakland

4 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

105.2 - Class 2 Gilts

1 Brice Conover Baxter

2 Brice Conover Baxter

3 Brice Conover Baxter

4 Conover Livestock Adel

5 Chris Conover Oakland

6 AJC Berkshires Holden MO

7 AJC Berkshires Holden MO

105.3 - Class 3 Gilts

1 Brice Conover Baxter

2 Ryan Morningstar Tiffin

3 Joy Genetics Dunbar NE

4 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

5 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

6 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

7 Cottonwood Farms Holstein

105.4 - Class 4 Gilts

1 Joy Genetics Dunbar NE

2 Billy Oulman Garner

3 Benjamin Shivers Bondurant

4 Chris Conover Oakland

5 Wedeking Stock Farms Greene

6 Paisley Conover Ackworth

7 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

8 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

9 Justin Brown Manning

10 Cory Madison Albion

105.5 - Class 5 Gilts

1 Ben Engler Cambridge

2 Ben Engler Cambridge

3 Clint Conover Waukee

4 Clayton Nelson Lenox

5 Charlie England Clearfield

6 Warrick Brothers Prairie City

7 Clayton Nelson Lenox

8 Seybold Berkshires Wilcox NE

9 Seybold Berkshires Wilcox NE

105.6 - Class 6 Gilts

1 Brice Conover Baxter

2 The Clark Families Runnells

3 Ryan Morningstar Tiffin

4 Brice Conover Baxter

5 The Clark Families Runnells

6 West Valley Farm Council Bluffs

105.7 - Class 7 Gilts

1 Cottonwood Farms Holstein

2 Brice Conover Baxter

3 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

4 Casey Conover Council Bluffs

5 Cottonwood Farms Holstein

6 Doug England Clearfield

900 - Champion & Reserve Boar

1 Brice Conover Baxter

2 Charlie England Clearfield

901 - Champion & Reserve Gilt

1 Brice Conover Baxter

2 Joy Genetics Dunbar NE

902 - Premier Exhibitor

1 Brice Conover Baxter

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