DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa egg producers who euthanized hens as a result of plummeting demand caused by the coronavirus will be eligible for payments to cover the cost of disposal.The Iowa Disposal Assistance Program has been paying pork producers $40 for each market-ready hog they have been forced to euthanize as a result of supply chain disruptions.

Thousands of hogs were killed as processing plants slowed production in April and May due to coronavirus outbreaks. On Monday (today), the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship said the program would be expanded to benefit egg producers who have been forced to reduce the size of their flocks.

• Grand Champion Overall Breeding Heifer – Briar Fisher
• Reserve Grand Champion Overall Breeding Heifer – Cloie Bruce
• Grand Champion Overall Cow/Calf Pair – Delaney Yates
• Reserve Grand Champion Overall Cow/Calf Pair – Tonna Damewood
• Grand Champion Feeder Calf – Tonna Damewood
• Reserve Champion Feeder Calf – Karsyn Poston
• Champion Beginner Market Steer – Brett Hart
• Champion Market Heifer – Cloie Bruce
• Reserve Champion Market Heifer – Karsyn Poston
• Champion Home Raised Market Steer – Lainey DeVries
• Reserve Champion Home Raised Market Steer – Anistyn Poston
• Champion Purchased Market Steer – Cloie Bruce
• Reserve Champion Purchased Market Steer – Lainey DeVries
• Overall Grand Champion Market Beef – Cloie Bruce
• Overall Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef – Lainey DeVries
• Champion Beginner Beef Showman – Lilly Anderson
• Champion Junior/Intermediate Beef Showman – Cloie Bruce
• Champion Senior Beef and Overall Showman – Lainey DeVries

• KJAN, Atlantic  .12″
• 7 miles NNE of Atlantic  .05″
• Massena  .18″
• Corning  .04″
• Manning  .03″
• Logan  .31″
• Red Oak  .19″
• Shenandoah  .47″

• Purebred Poland China Champion:  Collin Harder  Reserve:  Brogan Allensworth
• Purebred Yorkshire Gilt Champion:  McKenna Sick
• Purebred Gilt Champion:  Collin Harder  Reserve:  Brogan Allensworth
• Commercial Gilt Champion:  Collin Harder  Reserve:  Caiden Goodman
• Overall Breeding Hog Champion:  Collin Harder  Reserve:  Caiden Goodman
• Market Gilt Champion:  Collin Harder  Reserve:  Collin Harder
• Market Barrow Champion:  Evan Harder  Reserve:  Evan Harder
• Overall Market Hog Champion:  Evan Harder  Reserve:  Evan Harder
• Pen of 3 Champion:  Evan Harder  Reserve:  Collin Harder
• Champion Senior Showman:  McKenna Sick
• Champion Junior Showman:  Evan Harder
• Champion Overall Showman:  Collin Harder

(Radio Iowa) – The extreme heat of July is starting to stress some of Iowa’s corn and soybean crops, as conditions vary across the state. Iowa State University Extension field agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz says much of the corn crop in western Iowa is having a difficult time. “Even the rain we get now is probably not going to help that a whole lot, just because it’s been so dry there for so long,” Rieck-Hinz says. “The rest of Iowa, like northeast Iowa, is fairly wet. I don’t anticipate seeing any yield loss potential on that, simply from the standpoint that they’ve had adequate rain.”

The condition of Iowa’s soybean fields is wide ranging as well. “South-central Iowa, west-central Iowa, southwestern Iowa, those beans look stressed,” she says. “You get anywhere else in north-central Iowa and going into northeast Iowa, the beans look really good. Almost to R-3 in almost all of the bean fields, which means we’re at beginning pods.”  This past weekend brought Iowa some of the most oppressive heat of the year, with heat indices statewide in triple digits, so soybeans are becoming more and more stressed.

“We’re really pushing that crop this year with this heat,” Rieck-Hinz says. “I think the big challenge we’re going to look at going forward in time with beans is, we’ll see whether we get a pest outbreak or not.” Rieck-Hinz is based at the Wright County Extension Office in Clarion.

The 2020 Pottawattamie County Fair Beef Show was held on Saturday morning. Here are the Champion and Reserve Champion winners in each class.

Champion Registered Angus Heifer: Sarah Cody

Champion Registered Scottish Highland Heifer: Isabelle Cody

Champion Commercial Breeding Heifer: Isaac Stamp
Reserve Champion Commercial Breeding Heifer: Isabelle Cody

Overall Breeding Beef: Sarah Cody
Reserve Overall Breeding Beef: Isabelle Cody

Champion Market Heifer: Isaac Stamp
Reserve Champion Market Heifer: Julia Kock

Champion Market Steer: Isaac Stamp
Reserve Champion Market Steer: Megan Wise

Overall Market Beef: Isaac Stamp
Reserve Overall Champion Market Beef: Megan Wise

Senior Showmanship: Nathan Messerschmidt
Intermediate Showman: Isaac Stamp
Junior Showman: Sarah Cody
Overall Showmanship: Sarah Cody

Champion Rate of Gain: Megan Wise, 3.5 ADG

• Market Individual Grand Champion:  Lane Elmquist  Reserve:  Ty Bowlin
• Commercial Breeding Gilt Grand Champion:  Lane Elmquist  Reserve:  Ty Bowlin
• Pen of 3 Champion:  Sienna Albertsen
• Production Individual Champion:  Aiden Kjergaard  Reserve:  Rylan Hansen
• Production Pen of 3 Champion:  Aiden Kjergaard  Reserve:  Colton Hansen
• Champion Senior Showman:  Sienna Albertsen
• Champion Intermediate Showman:  Carter Essick
• Champion Junior Showman:  Leyton Elmquist
• Champion Master Showman:  Lane Elmquist

• Lightweight Market Barrow Champion:  Sidney Nelsen, Reserve:  Nicole Hanson
• Middleweight Market Barrow Champion:  Cheyenne Obrecht, Reserve:  Ryleigh Obrecht
• Heavyweight Market Barrow Champion:  Sidney Nelsen, Reserve: Nicole Lange
• Overall Market Barrow Champion:  Cheyenne Obrecht, Reserve:  Sidney Nelsen
• Lightweight Market Gilt Champion:  Kyley Nelsen, Reserve:  Macey Goshorn
• Middleweight Market Gilt Champion:  Ryleigh Obrecht, Reserve:  Nicole Hanson
• Heavyweight Market Gilt Champion:  Braden Fineran, Reserve:  Brooke Goshorn
• Overall Market Gilt Champion:  Ryleigh Obrecht, Reserve:  Kyley Nelsen
• Supreme Hog Champion:  Cheyenne Obrecht, Reserve:  Sidney Nelsen
• Lightweight Pen of 3 Champion:  Nicole Hanson, Reserve:  Cael Goshorn
• Middleweight Pen of 3 Champion:  Ries Andersen, Reserve:  Delaney Goshorn
• Heavyweight Pen of 3 Champion:  Cael Goshorn, Reserve:  Emily Gross
• Pen of 3 Grand Champion:  Nicole Hanson, Reserve:  Ries Andersen
• Breeding Gilt Champion:  Kyley Nelsen, Reserve:  Nicole Lange
• Junior Showmanship Champion:  Cheyenne Obrecht, Reserve:  Macey Goshorn
• Intermediate Showmanship Champion:  Delaney Goshorn, Reserve:  Ries Andersen
• Senior Showmanship Champion:  Ryleigh Obrecht, Reserve:  Abigail Jacobsen
• Overall Swine Showmanship Champion:  Ryleigh Obrecht, Reserve:  Abigail Jacobsen

Pottawattamie County Fair Results are now available on the ISU Extension Website, and includes (as of Friday), results for – Clothing Event, Educational Presentations, Share the Fun, Working Exhibits, Static Exhibits, Tall Corn Contest, Junk in the Bucket, Goat Show and Sheep Show!

Swine Show

• Champion Market Barrow- Allie Sandin
• Reserve Champion Market Barrow- Kennedy Devries
• Champion Market Gilt- Caleb Oakleaf
• Reserve Champion Market Gilt- Leah Sandin
• Overall Grand Champion Market Hog- Allie Sandin
• Overall Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog- Kennedy Devries
• Grand Champion Breeding Gilt- Kennedy Devries
• Reserve Grand Champion Breeding Gilt- Kennedy Devries
• Champion Beginner Showman- William Pollock
• Champion Jr/Intermediate Showman- Kennedy DeVries
• Champion Senior Showman- Allie Sandin
• Grand Champion Overall Showman– Kennedy DeVries