Midwest State Fair Results

Don’t fire me as a blogger! I have been working on premium checks, and that takes a lot of concentration.  Believe me! I have found that out this week. 

The Showbox traveling crew – Scooter Lewis and Megan Favorite, return today from the Midwest. Ryan and I have decided that next year, we are going to be the traveling team. He will do the Facebooking, and I will do the blogging. Of course, I am sure I will have to censor a lot of his blogging since some of his FB posts send me screaming into his office!

Let’s go back to the Midwest and the results of the Midwest State Fairs.  In Sedalia this week, they are celebrating the 110^th Missouri State Fair.  One of these years, I am going to do a complete history of the State Fairs in the United States. If you hate history, then you won’t be interested, but if you like to know how something came to be, you will love it.

The Grand Champion Steer at the 2012 Missouri State Fair was exhibited by Laurin Dally of Deerfield, while the Reserve Grand Champion Steer was exhibited by Shelby Love of St. Cathrine. At this moment, I do not have more particulars, but I will be working on that.

The acclaimed Iowa State Fair Steer Show was held yesterday with Texan Jim Williams having the honor of judging. The Grand Champion Steer at the 2012 Iowa State Fair was shown by Trevor Moore. The steer was a Heat Wave 4. He was raised by Bob Blake and Jase Clark. 

This year, Charolais cattle did very well at the Midwest State Fairs.  The Reserve Grand Champion Steer was a Charolais exhibited by James Gradert. Vickland raised the steer, and he was sold through a culmination of transactions that included Bonham, Guyer, Bremer and Smith.

Danielle Delange exhibited the Fourth Overall Steer at the Iowa State Fair.  He was sold by Goretska and raised by Mike Treinen. His sire was Heat Wave.

The Fifth Overall Steer was exhibited by Morgan McDermott. Ryan Haberger sold the steer which was sired by Bojo. Steve Downing raised the steer.

There are several state fairs to go including: Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, California, and South Dakota. Reporting will continue, but I think my blogs for the next 10 days will chronicle the comings and goings at our office. That will be scary, and I will probably receive death threats.

None of the office reads my blogs, so I plan on showing up with a camera. Rather than arriving in my pajamas or sweats like I usually do on deadline week, I will dress like a normal person every day.  I will do my hair (most of the time) rather than sticking a baseball cap on it, or tying it up in this mess on the top of my head. I will try to get my office cleaned up. (That is probably an emphasis on the try rather than getting it done, and I will make sure to show everyone else’s mess.) The only neat freaks in the office are Bill and Ryan, but I have an article about that in the September Showbox. 

So tune in again tomorrow folks, as we chronicle…. As the Office Turns.