Farmers and 4H-ers bringing their livestock to the fair are excited that the barns are getting upgrades, and the improvements started with the Sheep Barn. The open-air brick building is 109 years old.

When it comes to renovations at the Iowa State Fair, the most popular projects usually involve restrooms and air conditioning, according to Peter Cownie, executive director of the Iowa State Fair Blue ...

Brick work on the east façade of the Iowa State Fair's Sheep Barn to be finished after the 2024 Fair. (RI photo) A 25 million dollar project to restore the historic livestock barns Iowa State ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 16—Generations of families gathered around high-top tables sipping coffee and sports drinks as their cow, pig or lamb snoozed ...

Amid the steady hum of the livestock barns at the Dixon May Fair, students in FFA, 4-H and Grange programs have spent the ...

For the first time in years, sheep, horses and the farmers who care for them didn’t get flooded out when a fierce thunderstorm swept through the 2025 New York State Fair on Sunday, drenching fairgoers ...