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From the University of Illinois
URBANA – Meg Meeker of Logan County exhibited the Champion Junior Pork Premiere at the 2011 Illinois State Fair Pork Premiere Carcass Show. Meeker’s pig was also named Champion Junior Land of Lincoln and Reserve Open Land of Lincoln.
“Meg’s barrow had a hot carcass weight of 223.5 pounds with 0.90 inches of backfat and a 10.0 square-inch loineye,” said Dan Jennings, University of Illinois Extension 4-H livestock specialist. “With 129 days on test, this barrow had 0.822 pounds of lean gain per day, which is the ultimate figure used in ranking the premiere hogs. Her 283-pound Duroc barrow also scored well on qualitative measures such as color, marbling, firmness and pH.”
The second place hog in the Junior Premiere Show was exhibited by Kade Buysse of Henry County. His 258-pound crossbred pig had a hot carcass weight of 212 pounds, 0.70 inches backfat, and a 10.5 [ … ]
Terry and Aimee, Thank you for taking the time to show use around. The gilts looked great!
21-1 Duroc Gilt
DOB 1/23/2011
Power Shift x Got More of It
7-2 York Gilt
DOB 1/10/2011
Arch Way x Bella (Strategy x Kodiak)
1-1 Cross Bred
DOB 1/1/2011
Master Card x Casino
5-1 York Gilt
DOB 1/7/2011
Arch Way x Road Trip
From the University of Illinois
The 2011 Illinois Superior Young Swine Producers Award Contest was held on Aug. 10 in conjunction with the Illinois State Fair. Twenty-two 4-H and FFA members from across Illinois competed in the event.
“This three-phase competition challenges young people to display their working knowledge of swine production,” said Dan Jennings, University of Illinois Extension 4-H livestock specialist.
Each year, five $1,000 scholarships are presented to the highest scoring individuals overall. The contest is sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland of Decatur and the Illinois State Fair. The Land of Lincoln Purebred Livestock Breeders Association supplies the individual plaques presented to the scholarship and phase winners.
The top five youth receiving $1,000 scholarships include Caitlyn Bowyer of Sumner, Jaylene Jennings of DeKalb, Trey Fecke of Bonfield, Tara Bernard of Newark, and David Ammann of Highland.
In the swine management test, Jennings, Bowyer and Ammann sorted themselves to the top and [ … ]
Iowa State Fair ResultsMapes photos not yet available.Champion Duroc BoarShown by Greg Ruppert DurocsBURZ9 Dk Explosion 1-5 x KJWN7 PSSS Can’t Deny It 1-3Reserve Champion Duroc BoarShown by Eggers & Sampson ShowpigsHDO Hype 11-2 x ESSP9 God’s Gift 11-1Champion Duroc GiltShown by Stewart’s Duroc FarmSDF7 Square D 98.1 x CD07 Spice 59-9Reserve Champion Duroc GiltShown by Mike EhlersNBD9 Jeager 44-3 x NBD9 MS Express 67-5Champion Hampshire BoarShown by Iverson FarmsTWLO White Collar x ABRC8 Unreal 2-1Reserve Champion Hampshire BoarShown by Ploeger Show PigsHIN9 Gold Standard 32-5 x DMF8 Model T 9-1Champion Hampshire GiltShown by Iverson FarmsTWLO White Collar 7-3 x PIGS6 Bullseye 12-5Reserve Champion Hampshire GiltShown by Victory Show PigsWorld Wide 4-2 x EC8 Novacain 124-1Champion Yorkshire BoarShown by Vegas Showpigs (Kelly Sheets)JGR8 Hawkeye 210-8 x JJ18 Pipe Bomb 4-6Reserve Champion Yorkshire BoarShown by Wayne HuinkerJODL9 Grus Gateway x WJH9 ACCChampion Yorkshire GiltShown by Matt RohrigTBRO9 Rondo 64-4 x JGR7 [ … ]
The Grand boar is from Reid Brooke from Cowgill, Mo.The Reserve was from Carl Stein of Odessa, Mo.The Grand Gilt was from Christian Still of Braymer, Mo.The Reserve was from Ross Oram of Gilman City, Mo.A quick note for you, the grand gilt and boar are both out of the champion boar from Missouri state fair last year.
Top to BottomGrand boar went to Reid Brooke from Cowgill, Mo.Reserve boar went to Adam Wolf of Chilicothe, Mo.Grand gilt was showen by Trevor Corbin of Braymer, Mo.Reserve was shown by Carrie Romine of Cuba, Mo.The hamp show was a solid show, the gilts were fun to watch
Top to bottom is as followsGrand champion boar shown by Jared Robinson from Polo, Mo.Reserve was showen by Carl Stein from Odessa, Mo.The Grand gilt was shown by cole Nowland of Sweet Springs, Mo.The reserve champion went to Reid Brooke of Cowgill, Mo.This show as a whole was very deep and would have looked good in any state fair
Look for more photos later in the day.
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The Landrace champion boar went to McGrew Show Pigs and is out of BladeThe reserve boar went to Nathanial Klinefelter and was out of FlashThe grand gilt was from Jasmine Padilla and was out of ZeusThe reserve gilt was from Jasmine Padilla and was out of Falken
The grand champion boar was shown by Murphy Farm’s ARTD unreal The reserve boar was from Behrmann Hog Farm and is out of Stainless SteelThe grand gilt was from Jordan Breedlove and out of Comanche The reserve gilt was from McBride Hamps and is out of Comanche