BLACKSBURG, Va., Feb. 7 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

Five outstanding industry leaders were inducted into the Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame during an award ceremony in fall 2023.

The inductees' portraits joined those of 86 other Hall of Famers permanently hung in the Virginia Tech Alphin-Stuart Livestock Arena on Plantation Road in Blacksburg.

Nominees for the award come through the member state commodity organizations, namely the Virginia Cattlemen's Association, the Virginia State Dairymen's Association, the Virginia Pork Council, the Virginia Horse Council, and the Virginia Sheep Producers Association.

The following are the 2023 inductees:

John Miller, of Bridgewater, Vi...