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Ag Bytes<br />
Anamosa Service Center, 300 Chamber<br />
Dr., Anamosa, IA 52205; or addie.maternach@usda.gov.<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / CONTRIBUTED<br />
Nic Reemtsma and his dad, Phil, share a moment after he won grand champion with his market<br />
heifer at the Iowa State Fair. Phil points to the sky, in acknowledgement to his wife and Nic’s<br />
mom, Angie, who died five years ago.<br />
DeWitt senior wins<br />
big at Iowa State Fair<br />
Nic Reemtsma and his market heifer,<br />
Becky, won big at the Iowa State Fair last<br />
summer.<br />
Reemtsma, a Central DeWitt Community<br />
High School senior, won his class and<br />
grand champion overall. A member of the<br />
DeWitt Hustler’s 4-H club, Reemtsma has<br />
been around cattle his whole life. He and<br />
his dad care for an 80-head herd just outside<br />
of DeWitt, and he has been showing<br />
since he started 4-H eight years ago.<br />
He bought his market heifer, affectionately<br />
named Becky, from the Miller family<br />
in Wyoming. Becky showed in just two<br />
shows before the Iowa State Fair, winning<br />
Champion Market Heifer in both rings at<br />
the Badger Brawl in Wisconsin in December<br />
2022 and placing 2nd in her class at<br />
the Iowa Beef Expo.<br />
Winning this year meant a lot to Reemtsma,<br />
who said both sides of his family<br />
were there to cheer him on.<br />
“Everyone went crazy and was yelling<br />
eifarmer.com SPRING 2024 | EASTERN IOWA FARMER 121
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