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AARD Partner Johnny Trotter to be Inducted Aug. 9 into the Cattle Feeder Hall of Fame

Photo: Johnny Trotter, right, speaks at the September 2018 ribbon-cutting for the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences complex. Also pictured are wife Jana Trotter and WT President Dr. Walter Wendler.

Johnny Trotter of Hereford is already in the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame. In August, he’ll be inducted into another – which can mean only one thing.

“I guess I’m getting old,” said Trotter, who turns 70 in April. “It’s a sure sign you’re getting over the hill when you’re getting awards like these.”

The latest seems the most fitting. Trotter will be inducted Aug. 9 into the Cattle Feeder Hall of Fame at the annual Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association trade show in Nashville. In one way, it’s a lifetime achievement award. In another, it recognizes his significant imprint on the industry in that lifetime.

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