Officials crown the largest pumpkin and watermelon at 2024 Kentucky State Fair
Updated: 5:21 PM EDT Aug 17, 2024
WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS YEAR’S STATE FAIR. HEY RICK AND JENNIFER, WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS YEAR’S KENTUCKY STATE FAIR IS THAT IT’S TURNING 120 YEARS OLD. AND IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW, KENTUCKY HAS EXACTLY 120 COUNTIES. SO WHEN YOU COME OUT TO THE FAIR THIS YEAR, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT MAKES EACH OF THOSE 120 COUNTIES UNIQUE. WELCOME TO THE 2024 KENTUCKY STATE FAIR. IT’S BACK AGAIN. I COME ALMOST EVERY YEAR. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE I LOVE THE FAIR. I LOVE THE FOOD. I LOVE THE FESTIVITIES AND ALL THAT. AS THE GATES OPEN FOR THE 120TH KENTUCKY STATE FAIR THURSDAY MORNING, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE ALREADY THERE WALKING AROUND AND LOOKING FOR ACTIVITIES, FOOD AND FUN. THIS GROUP OF KIDS FROM SOUTHERN INDIANA WAS EXCITED TO PARTAKE IN ALL THE FAIR HAD TO OFFER. I DEFINITELY THINK EATING UNHEALTHY FOOD AND MAYBE SOME HEALTHY FOOD, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS. AND DEFINITELY GOING ON THE RIDES LATER. YEAH, BECAUSE YOU’LL BE ABLE TO FIND ANY HEALTHY FOOD. NO, NO. AND I DON’T WANT I MEAN UNHEALTHY FOOD IS WHAT THE FAIR IS FOR, RIGHT? THEY’RE TELLING ME YOU GOT TO TRY THE NEW ONE THIS YEAR. IT’S THE OPEN FACED CHILI CORN DOG. ASIDE FROM THE FANTASTIC FOOD, THE STATE FAIR WILL OFFER EXHIBITS AND ATTRACTIONS THAT REPRESENT ALL 120 COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THIS IS SUCH A SPECIAL TRADITION, ONE THAT’S GIVEN GENERATIONS OF KENTUCKIANS THE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE WHAT MAKES OUR STATE SPECIAL. AGRICULTURE IS A BIG PART OF THE STATE’S HERITAGE. THAT’S WHY THE FAIR IS PUTTING A SPOTLIGHT ON KENTUCKY’S FARMERS BY SERVING KENTUCKY PROUD PRODUCTS AND HIGHLIGHTING LIVESTOCK THAT COMES FROM FARMS ACROSS THE STATE. ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OUR INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUTH AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN FFA AND FOUR-H, ALL THAT HARD WORK COMING TO ONE CULMINATION HERE FOR THIS NEXT TEN DAYS. OH, THE BEST PART IS JUST IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR. BARBARA FERRIS IS FROM MASON COUNTY. HER FAMILY HAS BEEN BRINGING CATTLE TO THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR FOR GENERATIONS. SHE SAYS WHAT SHE LOVES MOST ABOUT THE FAIR IS REUNITING WITH FRIENDS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. WE SHARE WITH A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, SO YOU KNOW, WE GET TO MEET UP WITH SOME OF THEM AND SOME OF THEM WE HAVEN’T SEEN FOR A WHILE, AND THEN YOU MEET NEW FRIENDS AS WELL. IT’S GOOD FOOD. IT’S GOOD TIMES, GOOD MEMORIES. GOOD MEMORIES. ABSOLUTELY. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAIRGOERS ARE EXPECTED TO COME OUT TO THE KENTUCKY EXPOSITION CENTER OVER THE NEXT TEN DAYS, AND THAT’S EXPECTED TO BRING IN AROUND $9 MILLION OF ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE STATE. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE FAIR IS OPEN RIGHT NOW, AND IT WILL BE OPEN THROUGH SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH. LIVE FROM A VE
Officials crown the largest pumpkin and watermelon at 2024 Kentucky State Fair
Updated: 5:21 PM EDT Aug 17, 2024
One of the Kentucky State Fair’s biggest competitions has been settled on the third day of the annual event.Several contestants competed Saturday for bragging rights in the biggest watermelon and pumpkin contests. This year’s largest pumpkin weighed in at over 1,133 pounds. It was grown by Dwight Slone of Floyd County.While that’s a pretty massive gourd, it still fell over 100 pounds short of last year’s winner, which came in at 1,270 pounds. Meanwhile, the largest watermelon contest winner weighed in at 233.2 pounds. It came from Frank Mudd in Meade County.That was about 43 pounds shy of last year’s whopper of a winner, a 276.8 pound watermelon.Other Kentucky State Fair stories:Fair officials say this is a highly anticipated event each year.
One of the Kentucky State Fair’s biggest competitions has been settled on the third day of the annual event.
Several contestants competed Saturday for bragging rights in the biggest watermelon and pumpkin contests.
This year’s largest pumpkin weighed in at over 1,133 pounds. It was grown by Dwight Slone of Floyd County.
While that’s a pretty massive gourd, it still fell over 100 pounds short of last year’s winner, which came in at 1,270 pounds.
Meanwhile, the largest watermelon contest winner weighed in at 233.2 pounds. It came from Frank Mudd in Meade County.
That was about 43 pounds shy of last year’s whopper of a winner, a 276.8 pound watermelon.
Other Kentucky State Fair stories:
Fair officials say this is a highly anticipated event each year.
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