A number of local 4-Hers fared well at the 2025 Minnesota State Fair last week. Results are as follows:
2nd place, purple ribbon Wether Dam - Black Face Ewe Lamb; green ribbon, Market Lamb and Wether Dam Showmanship / A: Market Lamb and Wether Dam Showmanship Intermediate (gr. 6-8) Landon Marthaler- 5th place, purple ribbon; green ribbon, Market Lamb and Wether Dam Showmanship / C: Market Lamb and Wether Dam Showmanship Advanced (gr. 11+) Jada Johns- 3rd place, purple ribbon, Beef-Commercial Jr. Yearling; green ribbon, Beef Showmanship / Beef Showmanship - Breeding Heifers / B: Breeding Beef Showmanship Senior (gr. 9+) Linkin Hesse- 2nd place, Beef-Shorthorn; green ribbon, Registered Sr. Yearling; Beef Showmanship / Beef Showmanship - Breeding Heifers / A: Breeding Beef Showmanship Intermediate (gr. 6-8) Calie Johns- 5th place, Steer-Chianina, Registered; green ribbon, Dairy - Holstein, Registered - Winter Calf; green ribbon, Beef Showmanship - Market / B: Market Beef Showmanship Senior (gr. 9+) Evelyn Buyck- 4th place, blue ribbon; Dairy - Holstein, Registered - Winter Calf Clara Buyck- blue ribbon, Dairy Holstein, Registered - Fall Calf Skylar Johnson- blue ribbon, General Exhibits/Home
Environment - Grades 6-8 Jared Swenhaugen- blue ribbon, Rabbit - New Zealand - Junior Doe Elizabeth Buyck- 3rd place, Sheep - Southdown, Registered - January Ewe Lamb; green ribbon, Breeding Ewe Showmanship / A: Breeding Ewe Showmanship Intermediate (gr. 6-8) Carson Lanoue- 7th place, Crossbred - Breeding Gilt; 5th place, Interview champion, Gilt Showperson, Sr. Division Elsie Knott- 5th place, Market Barrow - Crossbred
Caroline Lanoue- 2nd place, interview finalist, Swine - Market Gilt Nolan Carlson- 3rd place, interview finalist, Swine - Market Gilt Shelby Knott- 2nd place, interview finalist, Swine - Market Gilt
Murray County Currie Poco-a-Poco Paige Wittrock- red ribbon, Vegetable, Fruit and Herb Gardening / Potatoes - Grades 6-8; red ribbon, Ducks - Breeding Pen Henry Plaetz- purple ribbon, 1st place, Market Goat, Dairy Market
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Owen Wittrock- blue ribbon, 9th place Intermediate Poultry Showperson, Chickens - Egg Production - White Egg Layers Edwin Nepp- red ribbon, Showmanship finalist - blue, Market Rabbit - Single Fryer Leah Carter- green ribbon, Sheep Showmanship / Market Lamb and Wether Dam Showmanship / C: Market Lamb and Wether Dam Showmanship Advanced (gr. 11+)
ABOVE: NOLAN CARLSON was third place (interview) with his market gilt. RIGHT: Carson Lanoue was the 2025 Interview champion, Gilt Showperson, St. Division.
CAROLINE LANOUE took second place and interview finalist at the state fair in the Swine-Market Gilt Division. She is pictured with her family, Katie, Cooper, Carson and John.
