Wyoming State Fair to Send Five Competitors to “Suberbowl”

If your hay is the top of the crop, you could send it to the "Suberbowl". The top five hay samples in the state hay show at the 2011 Wyoming State Fair will be sent to compete in the Forage Suberbowl Challenge at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. from Oct. 4-8.

Interested Wyoming agriculture producers must deliver their hay samples to the Ag and Natural Resources Pavilion at the Wyoming State Fairgrounds in Douglas by noon on Monday, Aug. 15 for judging at 9 a.m. on Aug. 16.

Participation in a county fair is not mandatory. However, Donn Randall, Hay and Forage program manager at the Wyoming Business Council, says competing in local fairs could allow county extension agents to transport hay submissions to the state fair for you.

Before delivering samples to the State Fair producers must send a core sample of their hay bale to the Ward Laboratory in Kearney, Neb., (308.234.2418 or www.wardlab.com) for a complete forage analysis and request the results be used for the Wyoming State Fair.  Producers must also fill out and submit an official open hay show registration form, which can be found on the Wyoming State Fair website at www.wyomingstatefair.com under “entry forms” on the left side of the home page.  Entry forms and additional information may also be obtained by contacting Randall at donn.randall@wyo.gov or 307.777.6578.

Wyoming hay has consistently fared very well at the Forage Superbowl with Wyoming producers either winning the competition or placing extremely high for the last five years. Wyoming producers have been receiving more calls from people interested in purchasing hay, due in large part from the recognition Wyoming gets from the Superbowl.
-Donn Randall