Five received best-overall awards for their Home and Arts exhibits at the Bradford Agricultural Fair, including youth exhibitor Jorden Desire, who earned multiple best-in-class honors. Desire’s best-overall exhibit was pickled vegetables in the Food division’s Pickles, Relishes and Fermented products category. It was one of two best-in-class awards he received in Food, with the other…

Adult exhibitor Julie Cusson and youth exhibitor Nicholas Ward each earned a best-in-show award in this year’s horticulture show at the Bradford Agricultural Fair. Cusson received her award for a weeping pussy willow and also earned blue ribbons for two orchids. One of the orchids was also named best in class. A Red Anne Fittonia…

Chayten Elixson (Bradford County) exhibited this year’s grand champion, while Kate Wainwright (Bradford) showed the reserve grand champion at the Bradford-Union Steer Show, which was held March 4 at the Bradford Agricultural Fair. Elixson’s 1,278-pound animal, which was also the homegrown grand champion, sold fetched $13.50 per pound at the March 6 sale. Wainwright’s 1,222-pound…

Gracelyn Fischer (Union County) and Rylan Noegel (Bradford) exhibited the grand champion and reserve grand champion, respectively, at the Bradford-Union Swine Show on March 3 at the Bradford Agricultural Fair. At the March 6 sale, Fischer’s 273-pound pig sold for $40 per pound. Noegel’s 264-pound animal, which was also the homegrown grand champion, sold for…

Blayne Hendricks exhibited the grand champion in poultry, while Emma West had the grand champion rabbit at the Bradford Agricultural Fair. Hendricks entered two other animals that received blue ribbons, making him one of six poultry/rabbit exhibitors to earn at least three. The reserve grand champion in poultry honor went to Shelby Williams, who also…

Bradford County’s senior 4-H team and Union County’s junior 4-H “A” team earned first-place finishes at the March 5 livestock-judging event held at the Bradford Agricultural Fair. The Bradford team of Maddison Lee, Ella Norris, Madison Stein and Ansley Ward compiled 1,421 points in the senior division, while the local tri-county team of Darren Bailey,…

Grace Box, Kate Wainwright and Nicholas Ward exhibited the overall grand champions at the Bradford-Union Goat Show, which was held Feb. 28 at the Bradford Agricultural Fair. Box’s Class 5 goat in the Meat Breeding Doe category earned her a grand championship for the second straight year. Jacee Box’s Class 5 goat was the reserve…