BROOKE KOHLSDORF: We are here for the FFA Parade of Champions inside the Livestock Pavilion. This
is a moment where these students and their hard work get to shine.
There were a lot of entries this year, about 2,000 participants entering 8,000 projects.
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Winners in the mechanics and technology division are leading off the parade. This
year there were 86 exhibits shown by 70 members from 35 chapters.
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Judges looked at 794 photos brought to the fair by 285 photographers from 67 chapters.
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In the farm crops division,
62 students from 19 chapters brought 332 exhibits to the fair for judging.
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In the horticulture show, there were 710 exhibits shown by 80 members from 26 chapters.
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In the floral culture division,
46 exhibiters from 15 FFA chapters brought 623 flower displays to the Iowa State Fair.
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Across the state, there are more than 18,600 Iowa FFA members.
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45 students from 31 chapters brought 250 exhibits to the rabbit show,
and here are some of the winners.
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In the poultry division, 37 FFA members from 20 chapters brought 305 exhibits for judging.
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This is the 44th year for the Avenue of Breeds. Students from the North Polk FFA
chapter at Alleman take care of the more than 65 animals during the run of the fair.
There were 968 head of hogs judged in the swine division. In just the market
swine division alone, 287 students brought 568 animals for judging.
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In the sheep show, there were 593 head competing in four divisions.
There were 271 head of cattle shown at the 2022 Iowa State Fair. In the breeding beef
show for this division, 188 animals were exhibited by 139 members from 89 chapters.
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We caught up with this year's Iowa FFA President Sam Martin.
SAM MARTIN: A lot of people see here at the fair, if you're not involved with agriculture as much,
you see the end product, but sometimes you don't see the early mornings or late
nights at the barn or out in the field that get these projects to this point.
Tonight's event is showcasing all the hard work happening this week and in the
previous months to this, and now all the students get to show off their projects,
and it's a neat experience for them. It's neat for me as a state officer to see all the work that's
been put into these projects by the students and now they can display to the general public.
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Judges for the dairy cattle division looked
over 59 animals shown by 16 exhibitors from 14 chapters.
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And the final unit in the parade has just a few of the students who received top honors in the horse
division. This year, 84 members brought 122 horses from 55 chapters to the 2022 Iowa State Fair.