Top Honors Awarded at Iowa State Fair Hereford Swine Show

DES MOINES, IA (09/10/2024) (readMedia)-- Bombei & Sons Showpigs of Delta received Champion Boar, Champion Gilt and Premier Exhibitor honors at the Hereford Swine show judged at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.

Ryan Schumacher of Pleasantville won Reserve Champion Boar, and William Voyles of Sac City received the Reserve Champion Gilt banner.

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

Complete results follow:

Hereford (Swine)

130.1 - Class 1 Boars

1 Bombei & Sons Showpigs Delta

2 Ryan Schumacher Pleasantville

135.1 - Class 1 Gilts

1 Bombei & Sons Showpigs Delta

2 Levi And Reagan Voyles Delta

135.2 - Class 2 Gilts

1 William Voyles Sac City

2 William Voyles Sac City

3 Levi And Reagan Voyles Delta

135.3 - Class 3 Gilts

1 Bombei & Sons Showpigs Delta

2 Bombei & Sons Showpigs Delta

3 Joel Olson Atkins

4 Levi Voyles Delta

135.4 - Class 4 Gilts

1 Lonnie Ploeger Pierson

2 William Voyles Sac City

3 Kelly Sheets Zearing

4 Tom Olson Keswick

5 Cameyon James Searsboro

6 Cheyenne Van Dyne Nichols

135.5 - Class 5 Gilts

1 Chris Conover Oakland

900 - Champion & Reserve Boar

1 Bombei & Sons Showpigs Delta

2 Ryan Schumacher Pleasantville

901 - Champion & Reserve Gilt

1 Bombei & Sons Showpigs Delta

2 William Voyles Sac City

902 - Premier Exhibitor

1 Bombei & Sons Showpigs Delta

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