![4-H ribbons adorn the pen during quiet time in the pork barn as the champions rest. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_2621.jpg)
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![Emma Peterson of Osceola, Nebraska, shakes hands with the judge after being awarded the reserve grand champion ribbon. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_1346.jpg)
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![Collin Vrbka coaxes his pig around the ring. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_1252.jpg)
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![Halee Peterson of Osceola, Nebraska, waits with her pig for the final judging round. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_1158.jpg)
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![Collin Vrbka coaxes his pig around the ring. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_0376.jpg)
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![4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_0331.jpg)
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![Junior showmanship contestants coax their pigs around the arena. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_0318.jpg)
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![4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_0167.jpg)
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![Halee Peterson holds her Reserve Grand Champion ribbon as she and her pig leave the show arena. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_0150.jpg)
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![Collin Vrbka coaxes his pig around the ring as Collin maintains eye contact with the judge. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_0122.jpg)
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![Ivy Mentink, 5, shows off her Clover Kids ribbon to family and friends. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_0050.jpg)
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![Ivy Mentink, 5, coaxes her pig around the ring during the Clover Kids competition. 4-H Polk County Fair in Osceola, Nebraska. July 19, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240719_Polk_Fair_0021.jpg)
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![Amy Desaulniers, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Nebraska, leads a team that seeks to develop boars that are more genetically tolerant of gestational heat stress in pregnant sows. March 3, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/230302_Desaulniers_098.jpg)
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![Amy Desaulniers, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Nebraska, leads a team that seeks to develop boars that are more genetically tolerant of gestational heat stress in pregnant sows. March 3, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/230302_Desaulniers_014.jpg)
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![A grill full of pork burgers gets cooked up for the Lincoln City Mission. The pork, donated by pig farmer and University of Nebraska–Lincoln animal science alumnus, Bill Luckey, was the result of generosity, ingenuity, collaboration and a spirit of Nebraskans helping Nebraskans among the state’s pork producers, the Food Bank of Lincoln and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. June 18, 2020. Photo by Gregory Nathan / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200618_Pork_Checkoff_103.jpg)
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![University Assistant professor Benny Mote hands a pan of grilled pork burgers to a worker at the Lincoln City Mission. The pork, donated by pig farmer and University of Nebraska–Lincoln animal science alumnus, Bill Luckey, was the result of generosity, ingenuity, collaboration and a spirit of Nebraskans helping Nebraskans among the state’s pork producers, the Food Bank of Lincoln and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. June 18, 2020. Photo by Gregory Nathan / University Communication. June 18, 2020. Photo by Gregory Nathan / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200618_Pork_Checkoff_102.jpg)
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![Gary Sullivan (left), associate professor, and Benny Mote (right), assistant professor in Animal Science grill up pork burgers. The pork, donated by pig farmer and University of Nebraska–Lincoln animal science alumnus, Bill Luckey, was the result of generosity, ingenuity, collaboration and a spirit of Nebraskans helping Nebraskans among the state’s pork producers, the Food Bank of Lincoln and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. June 18, 2020. Photo by Gregory Nathan / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200618_Pork_Checkoff_101.jpg)
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![David Velazco, a masters student in Animal Science, cuts a pork carcass Thursday. UNL's Loeffel Meat Laboratory in partnership with the Nebraska Pork Producers Association Pork Cares program process more than 1500 pounds of pork for the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha. This is the second donation being processed for food banks. The first donation went to the Lincoln Food Bank. Friends and family of Bill and Nancy Luckey of Columbus donated the pigs. The pigs were harvested and processed at the east campus meat lab. May 28, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200528_Pork_369.jpg)
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![David Velazco, a masters student in Animal Science, positions a pork carcass onto the cutting table in the meat lab Thursday. UNL's Loeffel Meat Laboratory in partnership with the Nebraska Pork Producers Association Pork Cares program process more than 1500 pounds of pork for the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha. This is the second donation being processed for food banks. The first donation went to the Lincoln Food Bank. Friends and family of Bill and Nancy Luckey of Columbus donated the pigs. The pigs were harvested and processed at the east campus meat lab. May 28, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200528_Pork_355.jpg)
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![David Velazco, a masters student in Animal Science, moves a pork carcass into the meat lab Thursday. UNL's Loeffel Meat Laboratory in partnership with the Nebraska Pork Producers Association Pork Cares program process more than 1500 pounds of pork for the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha. This is the second donation being processed for food banks. Friends and family of Bill and Nancy Luckey of Columbus donated the pigs. The first donation went to the Lincoln Food Bank. The pigs were harvested and processed at the east campus meat lab. May 28, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200528_Pork_325.jpg)
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![David Velazco, a masters student in Animal Science, cuts a pork carcass Thursday. UNL's Loeffel Meat Laboratory in partnership with the Nebraska Pork Producers Association Pork Cares program process more than 1500 pounds of pork for the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha. This is the second donation being processed for food banks. Friends and family of Bill and Nancy Luckey of Columbus donated the pigs. The first donation went to the Lincoln Food Bank. The pigs were harvested and processed at the east campus meat lab. May 28, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200528_Pork_296.jpg)
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![Calvin Schrock, Research Manager in Animal Science, cuts a pork carcass Thursday. UNL's Loeffel Meat Laboratory in partnership with the Nebraska Pork Producers Association Pork Cares program process more than 1500 pounds of pork for the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha. This is the second donation being processed for food banks. Friends and family of Bill and Nancy Luckey of Columbus donated the pigs. The first donation went to the Lincoln Food Bank. The pigs were harvested and processed at the east campus meat lab. May 28, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200528_Pork_250.jpg)
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![Labels are added to shrink-wrapped Pork Picnic Roast. UNL's Loeffel Meat Laboratory in partnership with the Nebraska Pork Producers Association Pork Cares program process more than 1500 pounds of pork for the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha. This is the second donation being processed for food banks. Friends and family of Bill and Nancy Luckey of Columbus donated the pigs. The first donation went to the Lincoln Food Bank. The pigs were harvested and processed at the east campus meat lab. May 28, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200528_Pork_218.jpg)
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![Gary Sullivan, Associate Professor in Animal Science, moves pork picnic roasts into the shrink-wrapping machine. UNL's Loeffel Meat Laboratory in partnership with the Nebraska Pork Producers Association Pork Cares program process more than 1500 pounds of pork for the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha. This is the second donation being processed for food banks. Friends and family of Bill and Nancy Luckey of Columbus donated the pigs. The first donation went to the Lincoln Food Bank. The pigs were harvested and processed at the east campus meat lab. May 28, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200528_Pork_126.jpg)
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