Fairfax Family Dominates Johnson Fair Swine Show
OWA CITY The Dick Juhl family of Fairfax swept major awards in the Johnson county fair swine show. Ron Juhl, 17, won the grand champion market pig, a purebred Duroc, while brother Dave, 14, claimed the winning carcass barrow and reserve market pig. Kathy, 15, took the champion pen of three market swine. Steve, 18, earned the grand champion commercial heifer ribbon with a Simmental Angus crossbred.
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Lisbon
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Iowa City
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Julie Hahn
Solon
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Donna Zimmerman
Sherri Burr
Lone Tree
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Ron
LeAnn Friis
West Branch
Theresa Horn
Dairy Sheep Champions Named at Iowa County Fair
Marengo youth sweepstakes dairy winner was J Randy Tompkins 12 with top animal. Multiple winners across dairy breeds include Kevin Grimm Darlene Parr David Edwards Mark Iburg and others from Marengo North English Williamsburg Williamsburg Ladora and Victor. Sheep honors go to Donna Blythe 11 and Doug Blythe 12 with reserve lambs and showman titles. Myron Jack 18 of Victor crowned grand showman.
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Deep River
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Rhea
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Williamsburg
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Victor
Warren Meyer
Ladora
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Hampshire
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Suffolk
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Linda Albert
Myron Jack
Mount Vernon youths shine at National Junior Angus show
Garret Karns, 14, grandson of Milo Wolrab, won first place with a heifer at the National Junior Angus show in Peoria IL where 647 heifers entered 30 classes making it the world’s largest. His brother Morgan, 16, took second in another class. The Waiabs family farms near Mount Vernon during summers.
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Hog Prices Keep Sliding Across Markets in Iowa
Hog prices fell another dollar to one fifty per hundredweight as slaughter numbers rose and demand for pork and beef weakens. Iowa State economist Gene Futrell notes the drop is temporary and predicts a rebound later, while fieldman Paul Quack says producers are marketing lighter hogs to avoid a September glut. Consumers may face cheaper pork if production remains high.
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Iowa State University
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Iowa Park Producers Council
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