No one’s quite sure why Big Joe wasn’t put on the harvest truck. Most likely there wasn’t enough room. But the Theobalds are pretty sure a dash of destiny was involved, too. Because — as his name tips ...

Michael Morris and his children Mason and Sydney entered one of their boars in the swine weight competition. Weighing in at around 1,100 pounds, the boar is the heaviest at the 2023 fair — and around ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota State Fair is full of people, food and experiences. The annual event is a time for folks from all over to celebrate the end of summer. For one Renville County family, this ...

Bryan Britt of Monticello with Finnegan, the Iowa State Fair's 'Big Boar' (RI photo) This year’s “Big Boar” at the Iowa State Fair is the biggest — ever. The crowd at the “Big Boar” competition roared ...

Lori Dvorak, of Bondurant, showed this year's Champion Big Boar, Peabody. The five-year-old Hampshire boar, owned by Pleasant Hill’s Friends of Peabody, weighed in at 1,273 pounds. Peabody was raised ...

The 11-day reign of a big pig from northeast Iowa will end this Sunday. Sasquatch, this year’s Big Boar at the Iowa State Fair, weighed in at just over a thousand pounds. Wilbur Kehrli of Manchester ...

So much for living high on the hog: It appears inflation may be weighing on some pork producers — literally. The Iowa State Fair had only two entrants in its Big Boar Contest this year, a highly ...

Lazing the days away at the State Fair of Texas is a very unbothered 1,000-pound Yorkshire boar named Boris. In a small pen next to the swine barn behind the Cotton Bowl, this mild-mannered, ...