WILLIAMSBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — Cheyenne Rhodes of Shenandoah County took top honors in the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Discussion Meet during the federation’s 2025 Annual Convention in Williamsburg.

The Discussion Meet is designed to simulate a county Farm Bureau meeting in which members discuss problems and develop possible solutions.

Rhodes and her husband own a commercial poultry, cattle, crop and agritourism operation near Northern Virginia’s metro area.

Rhodes will receive a travel package to the 2026 American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention in Anaheim, California, where she will compete for national honors.

Meanwhile, first runner-up was Jack Dixon of Rockingham County. He is a first-generation farmer producing poultry, heritage hogs and turkey.