Community and Business News in Brief, June 25, 2025

Local 4-H’ers Bring Home Ribbons from State Competition The 2025 State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest provided an opportunity for 4-H dairy members to demonstrate their ability to evaluate and rank dairy cattle based on breed standards.  Forty-four 4-H’ers, including a group from East Montpelier, participated in this year’s competition on June 14 at Liberty Hill Farm and Inn in Rochester.  The 4-H’ers judged five classes of Holsteins: spring calves, winter calves, two-year-olds, four-year-olds, and aged cows. The seniors (aged 14 to 18) also were required to provide oral reasons for their placements. Scores for each class were combined to determine