Friday 29th March 2024

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Hayden Duncan, son of Kevin and Diana Duncan, is the exhibitor of the 2021 Grand Champion Market Pen of Chickens at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. Hayden is from Centertown and is a member of the Columbia FFA Chapter. Hayden’s prize-winning pen of chickens weighed seven pounds.

The Reserve Grand Champion Market Pen of Chickens honor also went to Duncan, whose Pen of Chickens weighed 6.6 pounds.

On August 21, Duncan will sell his Pens of Chickens in two of 16 lots offered in the Missouri State Fair Sale of Champions. Proceeds from the annual sale benefit both the winning exhibitors and the Missouri State Fair Youth in Agriculture (YIA) Scholarship Program, administered by the Missouri State Fair Foundation.

Many livestock exhibitors will work toward earning a place in the ring at the time-honored Sale of Champions Auction. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Steers, Barrows, Lambs, Meat Goats, Pens of Chickens and Pens of Rabbits will be featured in the auction, along with the Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Hams and Bacons. The Sale will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall. The entire auction will be broadcast live by KMMO on its Facebook page.

For more information regarding online bidding, visit the State Fair website at mostatefair.com.

Through the generous support of YIA sponsors and the Missouri State Fair Foundation, the Missouri State Fair is able to award scholarships each year to Missouri youths. Last year, thirty-four $1,500 scholarships, one supreme $2,500 scholarship, sponsored by Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners/Sydenstricker Genetics, four supreme $2,500 scholarships, sponsored by the Missouri State Fair Foundation and one $5,000 platinum scholarship offered by YIA supporters were awarded to youth across Missouri. Since 1992, the YIA committee has awarded $797,500 in scholarships.