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.

Windows were framed into the cordwood with rough-cut poplar. Post-and-beam construction combined with cordwood barn building produces a farmstead outbuilding that protects livestock in the winter and ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Farmers Union has pledged $700,00 to campaign to build a new open class sheep barn on the South State Fairgrounds in Huron, the state fair foundation said.