State Farm show catapults champions from Butler County toward a broader stage
For 16-year-old Morgan Teets of Slippery Rock, the 2023 Pennsylvania Farm Show meant a chance to take skills she’d been building for years to a statewide community. The event marks her fourth year of participation in the contest, she said.
“You get to meet new friends from all over Pennsylvania, and it’s pretty cool to meet everyone,” she said. “And it’s a different level of friendship, I feel like.”
“It’s definitely different from a county level, but I’m usually pretty successful,” she said. “What I’ve trained for makes me better.”
Teets, who won the Butler Farm Show’s celebrated Eagle Bowl along with other members of her family, won second place in her class for her lamb and third in her class for her pig. She qualified for showmanship with both animals too, winning her third for her lamb in that category and fourth for her pig in that category.
The state farm show, which is underway in Harrisburg, brings contestants from across the state, including Butler County, to a greater audience this week. Butler Farm Show member and secretary Ken Metrick estimates 50 to 75 people turned out from Butler County for the event.
