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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.
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 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] |
