Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 8 Entries. Sunday, August 11 View Page Well my gandaughter, little Miss Hayzlee and I pulled out a win at the Iowa State Fair with our Giant Pumpkin. Our personal best ever. 1,294 lbs. Congratulations to Pete Caspers and Alba Caspers with their 2nd place entry at 1,286 lbs and Don Young and Tommy Rhodes with their 3rd place entry at 1,002 lb pumpkin! They are great growers, but better yet, great friends.   Sunday, August 11 View Page Well my gandaughter, little Miss Hayzlee and I pulled out a win at the Iowa State Fair with our Giant Pumpkin. Our personal best ever. 1,294 lbs. Congratulations to Pete Caspers and Alba Caspers with their 2nd place entry at 1,286 lbs and Don Young and Tommy Rhodes with their 3rd place entry at 1,002 lb pumpkin! They are great growers, but better yet, great friends.   Saturday, August 17 View Page https://youtu.be/cRnigqVWOZk?si=TD6Rh8Z2SNFqmxdA Short show on some of us Iowa growers. Part 1   Saturday, August 17 View Page https://youtu.be/7SKSggCqicY?si=j4rWdGTD3Um1D0a9 Part 2 Show 2024 Iowa State Fair weighoff.   Saturday, August 17 View Page 1   Sunday, August 25 View Page WE WILL START WEIGHING EXHIBITS AT 9 AM AND FINISH WEIGHING BY 12 PM. NO EXHIBITS WILL BE WEIGHED IF ARRIVING AFTER 12 PM. AWARDS WILL FOLLOW WEIGHOFF. ALL EXHIBITS WILL STAY AT SITE UNTIL 3 PM, THEN BE RELEASED FOR LOAD OUT AFTER 3 PM. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A GIANT PUMPKIN DROP ON THE GROUNDS. NO ALCHOL EVENT. HOWARD DILL AWARD (500 LB MINIMUM). GREEN SQUASH WEIGHED AGAINST AG'S THEN RECORDED GPC SQUASH.   Sunday, August 25 View Page WE WILL START WEIGHING EXHIBITS AT 9 AM AND FINISH WEIGHING BY 12 PM. NO EXHIBITS WILL BE WEIGHED IF ARRIVING AFTER 12 PM. AWARDS WILL FOLLOW WEIGHOFF. ALL EXHIBITS WILL STAY AT SITE UNTIL 3 PM, THEN BE RELEASED FOR LOAD OUT AFTER 3 PM. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A GIANT PUMPKIN DROP ON THE GROUNDS. NO ALCHOL EVENT. HOWARD DILL AWARD (500 LB MINIMUM). GREEN SQUASH WEIGHED AGAINST AG'S THEN RECORDED GPC SQUASH.   Sunday, September 22 View Page Holding our 9th annual Bloomfield Giant Pumpkin Bash this Saturday, September 28th. Always a great weighoff with 5 to 7 states showing up here. No alcohol event and great family event. Giant Pumpkin drop following the weighoff.