Swine Exhibitors Take Top Honors at Iowa State Fair Swine Breed Shows

DES MOINES, IA (09/12/2018) (readMedia)-- IXL Breeding Herds of Toledo took home the Champion and Reserve Champion Poland China Gilts, while the Long Family of Cedar won the Champion Gilt and the Champion Boar in the Chester White shows at the Fair. Brice Conover is the top Boar in the Berkshire show, he showed the Champion Berkshire Gilt at the 2017 Iowa State Fair. Ryan Morningstar of Tiffin was the Champion Berkshire gilt this year. Gannon Farms from Delmar and the Huinker Durocs, LTD from Decorah were named the Champion Duroc Gilt and the Champion Boar, respectively.

The Long Family of Cedar (GILT) and the Ploeger Show Pigs of Pierson (boar) took home top honors at the Yorkshire Show at the Fair. The Champion Hampshire Gilt was shown by Rowdy Campfield from Runnells and Gannon Farm won the Champion Hampshire Boar.

Complete results listed below:

YORKSHIRE

Gilts

1) Wyatt Feldman, Greene

2) Hauser Livestock, Grinnell

3) Hauser Livestock, Grinnell

Gilts

1) Ellensohn Show Pigs, Le Mars

2) Matt Rohrig, Orient

3) Rowdy Campfield, Runnells

4) Lynch Brothers, Boone

5) Lynch Brothers, Boone

6) Patterson Farms, Jolley

7) Freimuth Family, Pomeroy

Gilts

1) Matt Rohrig, Orient

2) Rourke Sisters, Iowa City

3) Rourke Sisters, Iowa City

4) Rowdy Campfield, Runnells

5) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

6) Mason Post, Sioux Center

7) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

8) Reggie Voyles, Sac City

9) Dean Josten, Ventura

Gilts

1) Long Family Farms, Cedar

2) Reggie Voyles, Sac City

3) Reggie Voyles, Sac City

4) Matt Rohrig, Orient

5) Wedeking Stock Farm, Greene

6) Wedeking Stock Farm, Greene

Boars

1) Hauser Livestock, Grinnell

2) Joe Bair, Elkhart

Boars

1) Ploeger Show Pigs, Pierson

2) Rourke Sisters, Iowa City

3) Ryan Iverson, Grinnell

Boars

1) Brice Conover, Baxter

2) Dean Josten, Ventura

3) Brice Conover, Baxter

4) RAR Genetics, Aplington

Boars

1) Mason Post, Sioux Center

2) Stienfeldt Farms, Montour

3) Stienfeldt Farms, Montour

4) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

Champion & Reserve Gilt

Champion) Long Family Farms, Cedar

Reserve) Reggie Voyles, Sac City

Champion & Reserve Boar

Champion) Ploeger Show Pigs, Pierson

Reserve) Mason Post, Sioux Center

POLAND CHINA

Gilts

1) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo

2) Joel Hergenreter, Elkhart

3) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo

4) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo

5) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo

Gilts

1) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo

2) Long Family Farms, Cedar

3) Roger Caltrider, Casey

Gilts

1) Long Family Farms, Cedar

Boars

1) Big River Polands, Bellevue

2) Big River Polands, Bellevue

3) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo

Boars

1) Long Family Farms, Cedar

2) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo

3) Fay Family Farm, Glidden

Champion & Reserve Gilt

Champion) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo, 3-2

Reserve) IXL Breeding Herds, Toledo, 1-10

Champion & Reserve Boar

Champion) Long Family Farms, Cedar, 3-5

Reserve) Big River Polands, Bellevue, 3-2

DUROC

Gilts

1) Ryan Morningstar, Tiffin

2) Fee Farms, Indianola

3) Marzen Partners, Stacyville

4) Schulte Show Pigs, Earlville

5) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

6) Tom Welk Family, Letts

Gilts

1) Gannon Farms, Delmar

2) Mcginnis Show Pigs, Indianola

3) Schulte Show Pigs, Earlville

4) Mcginnis Show Pigs, Indianola

5) Engler Land & Livestock, Cambridge

6) Ploeger Show Pigs, Pierson

7) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

8) Stanford Engler Genetics, Nevada

9) K & K Livestock, Monticello

10) Patterson Farms, Jolley

Gilts

1) Ray Williamson, Eagle Grove

2) Ray Williamson, Eagle Grove

3) Freimuth Family, Pomeroy

4) Doyle Jamison, Winterset

5) Ploeger Show Pigs, Pierson

6) Ellensohn Show Pigs, Le Mars

7) Toenjes Show Pigs, Center Junction

8) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

9) Toenjes Show Pigs, Center Junction

10) Josh Freimuth Family, Lytton

CHESTER WHITE

Gilts

1) Olson Family Chester, Newhall

2) Olson Family Chester, Newhall

3) Olson Family Chester, Newhall

4) Olson Family Chester, Newhall

Gilts

1) Long Family Farms, Cedar

2) Randy and Becky Schmidt, Williamsburg

3) Engler Land & Livestock, Cambridge

4) Neil Albertson, Fremont

Gilts

1) Cale Niehaus, Sac

2) Randy and Becky Schmidt, Williamsburg

3) Toenjes Show Pigs, Center Junction

Gilts

1) Long Family Farms, Cedar

2) Reggie Voyles, Sac City

3) Long Family Farms, Cedar

4) Oliver Mason, New Sharon

5) Brennan Lynch, Boone

Boars

1) Long Family Farms, Cedar, 2/15/2018, Dont Have It Yet

2) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta, 1/28/2018, 152324008

3) Neil Albertson, Fremont, 2/1/2018, 152562001

4) Cami Maurer, Wilton, 2/15/2018, Pending

Champion & Reserve Gilt

Champion) Long Family Farms, Cedar, 1-10

Reserve) Reggie Voyles, Sac City, 131-15

Champion & Reserve Boar

Champion) Long Family Farms, Cedar, 63-9

Reserve) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta, 9-3

BERKSHIRE

Gilts

1) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs, 12/1/2017, 14920500

Gilts

1) Ryan Morningstar, Tiffin

2) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

3) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs

Gilts

1) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa

2) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa

3) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs

4) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

5) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

6) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa

7) Casey Conover, Council Bluffs

8) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

9) Reed Family Berks, Ottumwa

10) CJL Farms, Council Bluffs

11) Englands Berkshires, Clearfield

Gilts

1) Devon England, Clearfield

2) Brennan Lynch, Boone

3) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

4) Seybold Berkshires, Wilcox, Neb.

5) Rourke Sisters, Iowa City

6) Mike Ehlers, Denison

HAMPSHIRE

Gilts

1) Jason Hirsch, Dexter

2) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

3) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

4) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

5) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

Gilts

1) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

2) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

3) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

4) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

5) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

Gilts

1) Gannon Farms, Delmar

2) Larry Kastler, Woolstock

3) Pink Genetics, Douds

4) Mckenna Sick, Carson

5) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

Gilts

1) Rowdy Campfield, Runnells

Boars

1) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

2) Doyle Jamison, Winterset

Boars

1) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

2) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

3) Marzen Partners, Stacyville

4) Shady Brook Farm, Oakland

Boars

1) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

2) Ron Warrick and Family, Gowrie

3) Warrick Brothers, Prairie City

4) Fay Family Farm, Glidden

Boars

1) Iverson Farms, Grinnell

2) Engler Land & Livestock, Cambridge

3) Stienfeldt Farms, Montour

4) Stienfeldt Farms, Montour

Champion & Reserve Gilt

Champion) Rowdy Campfield, Runnells

Reserve) Gannon Farms, Delmar

Champion & Reserve Boar

Champion) Iverson Farms, Grinnell

Reserve) Engler Land & Livestock, Cambridge

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