"Big" was the word of the day Thursday as the Iowa State Fair opened with the annual naming of the livestock champions for sheer size: Super Bull, Big Boar and Big Ram. The biggest weigh-in of all is ...

I’ll be upfront with you. I am not a fan of hunting big wild hogs. Note I didn’t mistakenly call them “wild boar.” Oh, I used to target the big ones and I’ve killed my share of ‘big hogs’ but I love ...

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 ...

Finnegan may have backed onto the scale, but he didn’t back into the title of the Iowa State Fair’s biggest boar. In fact, Finnegan is the new recordholder at 1,420 pounds, 85 pounds heavier than ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - For the second year in a row, a Monticello pork producer is taking home the trophy for the Iowa State Fair’s Big Boar contest. Duke, a crossbred boar owned by pork producer ...