Carissa Stong, daughter of Dusty and Melissa Stong, is the exhibitor of the 2021 Grand Champion Pen of Rabbits at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. She is from Sheldon, and is a member of the Lone Star 4-H Club. Stong’s prize-winning New Zealand pen of rabbits weighed an average of 4.42 pounds.

The Reserve Grand Champion Pen of Rabbits honor went to Kaela Sadler, of Atlanta. She is the daughter of Travis and Jodi Britton and is a member of the Atlanta Home Pioneers 4-H Club. Sadler’s Californian pen of rabbits weighed an average of 5.2 pounds.

Both Stong and Sadler will sell their pen of rabbits 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.

The Sale will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, August 21, in the Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall. The entire auction will be live-streamed by KMMO on its Facebook page.