INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana State Fair recognized the top competitors at the 4-H Grand Drive in the Indiana Farmers Coliseum on the opening Monday of the Indiana State Fair. The overall grand champions were selected from the swine, sheep, meat goat, heifers, and market steer departments.
These 4-H exhibitors worked all year to bring in their very best animals, several of which have competed year after year in the Grand Champion 4-H Drive. The second champion of the night was Becca Chamberlain of Randolph County. She won the Grand Champion Breeding Heifer with her Shorthorn Plus, named Izzy, who she’s owned for almost a year.
Chamberlain couldn’t quite come up with the word to describe her feelings, “It feels really great, exciting, and awesome,” she said. “I worked so hard and it’s just good to see my hard work pay off.”
Some of the hard work Chamberlain mentioned involves keeping Izzy cool in the summer to protect her hair and caring for the animal daily. Chamberlain is a five-year 4-H member and has participated in the Grand Champion competition four of those five years.
Here’s a complete listing of the exhibitors named Grand Champion:
- Grand Champion Gilt: Taylor Schuerman, Jackson County
- Grand Champion Supreme Heifer: Becca Chamberlain, Randolph County
- Grand Champion Market Lamb: Taylor Busenburg, Fulton County
- Grand Champion Meat Goat: Sammi Brewsaugh, Decatur County
- Grand Champion Barrow: Bradey Newhouse, Grant County
- Grand Champion Market Steer: Bryceston Hoover, LaPorte County
Reserve Grand Champion awards were given to:
- Reserve Grand Champion Gilt: Caden Brubaker, Huntington County
- Reserve Grand Champion Supreme Heifer: Warner Ott, Noble County
- Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb: Taylor Busenburg, Fulton County
- Reserve Grand Champion Meat Goat: Jacelynn Whitmer, Clark County
- Reserve Grand Champion Barrow: Troy Michel, Wabash County
- Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer: Austin Berenda, Newton County
