Illinois State Fair

Ella Bobell takes Grand Champion Barrow at Illinois State Fair

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[August 17, 2018]  Illinois junior livestock competitors were praised as some of the best in the country on Saturday, as judges chose the champion livestock at the Illinois State Fair. A packed crowed filled the Livestock Center to see the naming of the 2018 Illinois State Fair Grand Champions during the Parade of Champions.

Winning the coveted Grand Champion title in the Junior Show is something that all livestock competitors dream of and work hard trying to achieve. The Reserve Grand Champion, Grand Champion Land of Lincoln, and Reserve Grand Champion Land of Lincoln livestock were also selected. Only purebred animals bred and born Illinois, and owned and exhibited by Illinois residents, are eligible for the Land of Lincoln honors.

Director of Agriculture, Raymond Poe said, “This is a special event that gives these kids a chance to show off their hard work and be recognized for their dedication to agriculture. There is nothing better than that.”

The Parade of Champions is not the end of the road for these winners. On Tuesday, August 14, 2018, the Grand Champion and Grand Champion Land of Lincoln livestock will be sold at 5:00 p.m. in the Governor’s Sale of Champions at the Livestock Center. Proceeds from the sale go to the individual exhibitors and toward youth in agriculture, including 4-H and FFA.

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Fairgoers are invited to walk through the “Hall of Champions” in Barn 25Q, located on Central Avenue, to see all the Grand Champion winners and to attend the Governor’s Sale of Champions on Tuesday.

Selected earlier in the fair was the Grand Champion Poultry Market Pen.

Below is a chart of all the winners from the 2018 Parade of Champions.

[Illinois Department of Agriculature/Illinois State Fair]

Animal

Exhibitor

Breed

County

Grand Champion Poultry Market Pen

Grant Wilderman

Cornish Cross

Bond

Grand Champion & Grand Champion Land of Lincoln Meat Goat Wether

Chase Tomhave

Boer

Morgan

Reserve Grand Champion & Reserve Grand Champion Land of Lincoln Meat Goat Wether

Kadie Hummel

Boer

Kankakee

Grand Champion Wether

Bryce Clayton

Crossbred

Scott

Reserve Grand Champion Wether

Trace Titus

Natual Color

Mercer

Grand Champion Land of Lincoln Wether

Olivia Caldwell

Hampshire

Peoria

Reserve Grand Champion Land of Lincoln Wether

Blake Homann

Hampshire

Coles

Grand Champion Barrow

Ella Bobell

Crossbred

Logan

Reserve Grand Champion Barrow

Ethan Stohlquist

Crossbred

Kane

Grand Champion Land of Lincoln Barrow

Morgan Wagner

Duroc

Fulton

Reserve Grand Champion Land of Lincoln Barrow

Adam Musgrave

Berkshire

Pike

Grand Champion Steer

Adam Miller

Crossbred

Livingston

Reserve Grand Champion Steer

Keegan Murphy

Crossbred

Grundy

Grand Champion Land of Lincoln Steer

Tara Hummel

Angus

Kankakee

Reserve Grand Champion Land of Lincoln Steer

Hunter Weber

Hereford

Iroquois

 

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