Aila Boyd
aboyd@mainstreetnewspapers.com
Craig County cattlewoman Jeannie L. Dudding was recognized Jan. 28 for five years of service on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.
VFBF President Scott Sink presented an award to Dudding at the board meeting in Richmond.
As the District 4 director, Dudding represents Farm Bureau producer members in Alleghany, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, Henry, Patrick and Roanoke counties.
Dudding previously served as a Virginia Cooperative Extension agriculture and natural resources agent in Giles County. She is now the agriculture teacher and FFA advisor at Giles High School.
She is an immediate past president of the Craig County Farm Bureau and has served on that organization’s board for the past 19 years. She also chairs the VFBF Equine Advisory Committee.
Additionally, Dudding has been involved with the Craig County Farm Bureau Young Farmers Committee and served as its chair for two years. In 2013 she won the VFBF Young Farmers Discussion Meet, and in 2015 she was named Farm Woman of the Year by the VFBF Women’s Leadership Committee.
She holds a master’s degree in career and technical education from Virginia Tech and bachelor’s degrees in animal science and education from the University of Connecticut.
Dudding and her husband, Jason, have an Angus cow-calf operation. Their two children, Layton and Evie, are active in 4-H and FFA with their own livestock projects.