According to a press release, Hayden Duncan, the  son of Kevin and Diana Duncan, is the exhibitor of the 2016 Grand Champion Pen of Chickens at the Missouri State Fair. Hayden is from Centertown, and is a member of the Englewood 4-H Club. Hayden’s prize-winning Cornish Cross Pen of Chickens weighed an average of 6.5 pounds.
 
The Reserve Grand Champion Pen of Chickens honor went to Vivian Buie of Marshall. She is the daughter of Dan and Rebecca Buie and is member of the Saline County Junior Leaders 4-H Club. Vivian’s Cornish Cross Pen of Chickens weighed an average of 6.3 pounds.
 
On Aug. 20, both Hayden and Vivian will sell their Pens of Chickens in two of 12 lots offered in the Missouri State Fair Sale of Champions. Proceeds from the annual sale benefit both the winning exhibitors and the Missouri State Fair Foundation Youth in Agriculture (YIA) Scholarship Program.
 
Many livestock exhibitors will work toward earning a place in the ring at the time-honored Sale of Champions Auction. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Steers, Barrows, Lambs, Meat Goats, Pens of Chickens and Pens of Rabbits will be featured in the auction, which will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20, in the Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall. The entire auction will be broadcast live by KMMO radio online and on their AM station, 1300; on Live Auctions TV; on KRLI radio online and on their FM station 103.9; on KMZU radioonline and live updates on their FM station 100.7.
 
Through the generous support of YIA sponsors and the Missouri State Fair Foundation, the Missouri State Fair is able to award scholarships each year to Missouri youth pursuing a degree in an agriculture-related field. Last year, thirty $1,500 scholarships, one supreme $2,500 scholarship, sponsored by Sydenstricker John Deere of Missouri/Sydenstricker Angus Genetics, and one $5,000 platinum scholarship offered by YIA supporters were awarded to youth across Missouri. Since 1992, the YIA committee has awarded 538 scholarships totaling $505,500. 
 
A complete listing of the 2015 YIA sponsors is available on the Fair’s website
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