Top Honors Awarded at Iowa State Fair Hereford Swine Show

DES MOINES, IA (09/07/2022) (readMedia)-- Bombei & Sons Showpigs of Delta received Champion Boar honors at the Hereford Swine show judged at the 2022 Iowa State Fair.

Abe Wagner of Eagle Grove won the Champion Gilt title.

Bombei & Sons Showpigs of Delta also took home the Reserve Champion Boar, Reserve Champion Gilt and Premier Exhibitor awards.

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

Complete results follow:

HEREFORD

Gilts, Class 1

1) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

2) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

3) Cheyenne VanDyne, Nichols

4) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

5) Cheyenne VanDyne, Nichols

6) Brady Weldon, Maxwell

7) Brady Weldon, Maxwell

Gilts, Class

1) Reggie Voyles, Sac City

2) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

3) Volesky Brothers, Norway

4) TL Maxwell Show Pigs, Moscow

Gilts, Class 3

1) Brady Weldon, Maxwell

2) Reggie Voyles, Sac City

3) Brady Weldon, Maxwell

4) Brady Weldon, Maxwell

Gilts, Class 4

1) Abe Wagner, Eagle Grove

2) TL Maxwell Show Pigs, Moscow

3) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

4) Joel Olson, Atkins

5) Joel Olson, Atkins

Gilts, Class 5

1) Voyles Family Farms, Delta

2) Fat Hog Co., Neola

3) Fat Hog Co., Neola

Boars, Class 1

1) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

2) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

Boars, Class 2

1) Grimm, Keosauqua

Champion & Reserve Gilt

Champion) Abe Wagner, Eagle Grove

Reserve) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

Champion & Reserve Boar

Champion) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

Reserve) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

Premier Exhibitor

1) Bombei & Sons Showpigs, Delta

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