Waldo is one portly porker
US - Waldo, a hulking Hampshire-Duroc cross, tipped the scales at 1,199 to win the 2006 Big Boar title at the Iowa State Fair.
17 August 2006
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The record for the largest boar was set in 1993 when a boar weighed in at 1,246 pounds. The 4-and-a-half-year-old Waldo is owned by Fred Jepsen of Charter Oak. The retired farmer's sons Daniel, Fred Jr. and John helped him with the feisty boar.
"This is the first time I ever did this, and I'm kind of nervous," Jepsen said. "It's exciting. We just fed him and tried to keep him cool."
Waldo was a herd boar in Jepsen's farrow-to-finish operation until last year, but after the fair, "he'll go to market," Jepsen said.
Tom, a 3-year-old PIC boar who has a combination of Landrace, Large White and Pietrain in his breeding, was second heaviest at 1,192 pounds. He is owned by Doug Hoffman of Dircks Farms of Clarence.
Source: AgriNews
