WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE 2012 IOWA STATE FAIR BIG RAM CONTEST.
THESE ARE OUR ENTRIES FOR THIS MORNING.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM OVER ONE AT A TIME AND GET A WEIGHT
ON THEM AND WE WILL SEE WHO COMES OUT THE BIGGEST.
376.5.
BO WEIGHS 380 POUNDS.
ISAIAH'S RAM WEIGHED 248.5.
HEAVIEST RAM FOR THE IOWA STATE FAIR 2012 IS GOING TO BE BO FROM
KELLY HAMMOND AT 380 POUNDS.
AND OUR SECOND HEAVY RAM IS GOING TO BE HUBERT FROM SUSAN
HAMMOND AND 376.5 POUNDS.
THIS IS SUE AND KELLY HAMMOND, THE MOTHER/DAUGHTER TEAM THAT
HAD THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE WINNERS IN THE BIG RAM CONTEST
HERE AT THE SHEEP BARN HERE AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR.
TOP TEN SHEEP PRODUCTION, A LOT OF SMALL FLOCKS HERE IN THE
STATE.
THERE ARE.
WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE SMALL FLOCKS.
WE HAVE A -- HERD WITH OUR RAMS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE COMPETING WITH MOM?
COMPETING WITH HER ISN'T REALLY AN ISSUE.
I KNEW I WAS GOING TO WIN.
I ALWAYS PICK A BIGGER ONE.
WELCOME TO THE 2012 WORLD'S LARGEST BOAR CONTEST AT THE IOWA
STATE FAIR.
HIS NAME IS ELVIS.
HE'S FOUR YEARS OLD.
HE'S A CROSSBRED BOAR.
HE LIKES FERMENTED CORN AND SWEET CORN.
HE'S BEEN EATING ABOUT 30 POUNDS A DAY.
THIS BOAR WEIGHS 950 POUNDS.
HIS NAME IS BB EDGAR AND I WAS TOLD THAT BB STOOD FOR BIG, BALD
EDGAR.
HE IS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CROSSBRED BOAR.
HE WAS RAISED BY THEM.
HE EATS ABOUT 20 POUNDS OF FEED A DAY.
1,055 POUNDS.
HIS NAME IS BUDDY.
HE'S ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD.
HE'S A PUREBRED HAMPSHIRE BOAR.
HE LOVES SWEETCORN AND DEVIL FOOD CAKE.
AND THEY MIX THAT INTO ABOUT 15 POUNDS OF SLOP A DAY.
1,128 POUNDS.
AND THIS IS FRED HOBART.
THIS BOAR IS EXHIBITED BY JOHN SWEENEY.
AND HE'S FOUND SOME BASKETBALL GUYS TO DRIVE IT FOR HIM.
I'M NOT SURE WHO THIS IS.
GIVE COACH FRED HOIBERG A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
COACH, I EVEN SAW SOME IOWA PEOPLE APPLAUDING.
I HAD A GROUP APPROACH ME.
THEY WANTED TO BUY A BOAR TO PUT HIM INTO THE BIGGEST BOAR
COMPETITION AT THE STATE FAIR.
THEY APPROACHED ME ABOUT USING MY NAME AND TALKED ABOUT HOW WE
WOULD RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY.
WHEN I HEARD THAT, IT WAS IT WAS A NO-BRAINER.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF FUNDRAISING FOR CAMP ODAYIN.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, IT'S FOR KIDS WITH HEART
CONDITIONS.
THEY RAISED ABOUT $10,000 SO FAR.
HE WEIGHS 1,079 POUNDS.
HE HAD A TWELVE-HOUR DRIVE FROM AUSTIN, INDIANA.
THE BOAR'S NAME IS REGGIE.
THE BOAR WEIGHS A NEW RECORD 1,335 POUNDS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
REGGIE IS THE NEW STATE FAIR CHAMPION BOAR.
RICK, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REGGIE.
HOW MUCH DID HE WEIGH IN?
REGGIE WEIGHED IN AT 1,335 POUNDS.
1,335 POUNDS IS A NEW IOWA STATE FAIR RECORD.
YOU SAY REGGIE HAS WEIGHED A LITTLE BIT MORE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAD HIM WEIGHED AT RIGHT ABOUT 1,400,
BUT JUST LIKE IOWA, WITH THE EXTREME HEAT IN INDIANA, WE WENT
ON AWEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM FOR A LITTLE BIT.
-- HE WAS HERE FIFTEEN YEARS.
I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT'S QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR A BULL, BUT HE
RETIRED HIM AND HE'S OUT IN PASTURE WITH THE COWS RIGHT NOW.
HE WEIGHS 2,106 POUNDS.
HE'S A BIG RASCAL, ISN'T HE?
HE WEIGHS 2,646 POUNDS.
SUMMER HAS BEEN PRETTY TOUGH ON THEM.
IT'S BEEN HOT.
IT'S BEEN PRETTY TOUGH ON THE BIG ANIMALS.
IT'S A FUN DAY.
IT DON'T PROVE A WHOLE BUT IT'S A FUN DAY.