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K CA N A M E S 2 0 2 1 H A L L O F FA M E I N D U C T E E S Five deserving cattlemen were honored during this year’s Virtual Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association Convention. Sherrell Calhoun, Doug Shepherd, Tim Dietrich, Dan Shearer and Tommy Harold Mink were the association’s 2021 Hall of Fame inductees. REGION 1 Sherrell Calhoun owned and operated Calhoun Feed Service in Madisonville, KY from 1962 until his retirement in 2007. The business is still family owned and operated and Calhoun is still a part of the business. He has been a leader in local agriculture for over 50 years and has been instrumental in helping young farmers get started by advising young farmers, contracting livestock, and occasionally financing their startup operations. He has always been a supporter of FFA and 4-H and is still very active in promoting youth through participation in the county fair. Sherrell has been married to his wife Jeannie for 60 years and they have five children and 10 grandchildren.
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Region 2
Sherrell Calhoun
Doug Shepherd
Hopkins County
Hardin County
REGION 2 Doug Shepherd is the Hardin County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources and has been in Hardin County since 1990. Prior to his current role, Mr. Shepherd was involved in the North American International Livestock Expo for 30 years and brought national recognition to Kentucky as the standard of livestock shows across the nation. He also played a vital role in the Beef IRM programs and helped establish the guidelines for the use of Ag Development funds after the tobacco buyout. In 2005 he started a retained ownership program in cooperation with Iowa State University to show farmers how genetic improvements have helped their cattle. Producers from 15 counties and Tennessee have sent over 3,000 head through the program. More recently he was the lead agent in developing the building plan for Hardin County’s new extension office in conjunction with the new Livestock Events Center. Doug has been married to his wife Allison for 30 years and they have four children and four grandchildren. 58
Region 3
Tim Dietrich Anderson County
Region 4
Region 5
Dan Shearer
Tommy Harold Mink
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FEBRUARY 2021
Rockastle County
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