Tomorrow, Greene County will be presented at a statewide livestock show.

Greene County 4-H and FFA’er Elise Badger will be at the All Iowa Showdown in Oskaloosa, as she qualified from last weekend’s Heartland Throwdown for Grand Champion Market Beef. Greene County ISU Extension 4-H and Youth Coordinator Samantha Hardaway is proud of Badger and says tomorrow’s competition is like the Iowa State Fair’s beef contest.

“In other states, it may be different, but Iowa is just such a competitive state when it comes to the livestock industry, and the quality that’s at the Iowa State Fair is unlike no other, but it goes for the same for the All Iowa Showdown, the quality is like none other. They’ve been selected from the best of the best from their county fair, to their region, to go represent across the state of Iowa.” 

Badger tells Raccoon Valley Radio she already had her dream come true by winning the Heartland Throwdown last weekend and so she describes what her goals are when she heads to the All Iowa Showdown.

“There’s a lot of good steers there. So I’m just going to go have fun and to win the All Iowa is crazy, I mean you have to have a really good steer. And winning the All Iowa can be a dream for another year, but this year I’m just going to go have fun and I’m just going to soak in all the time at the All Iowa.” 

Badger adds she will also enter her beef at the Iowa State Fair, which is from August 10th-20th.