Ella Updike with her 265-pound grand champion market hog at Greene Farm & Livestock Show on Friday night. Updike also won best-in-show with the hog. Judge Blake Dean joined Updike and her family celebrating the honors. PJR photos by Nathan Kipps.
Angie Morris with her grand champion breeding gilt.
Judge Blake Dean praised Ella Updike’s market hog entry at Friday night’s Greene Farm & Livestock Show in Ruckersville, citing the hog’s structural soundness, freshness, and muscle shape.
Updike took grand champion honors and will lead her 265-pound hog in Saturday night’s auction of livestock projects at the showgrounds, located at 13510 Spotswood Trail…