The ‘Ag Person of Year’ 2024 presentation at the 51st annual Greater Clinton Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Appreciation Dinner.
“Since 1974, the Chamber has honored 50 Agriculture businessmen and women and some couples. You can see that some have been farmers. Some have been business owners and some both. Some have been veterinarians, bankers, and Ag teachers.
The goal is to try to make this a surprise for the recipients. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn’t. And it doesn’t take too many sentences before everyone figures out who we are honoring
This year’s recipient is a 5th generation farmer and has been farming for over 40 years. For 7 years, he was an ag equipment dealer 7 from 1994-2001. In 1993 he purchased acreage that has been in in the family since 1922. Sounds like a candidate for the Century Farms program.
He farms with his father and a nephew who has chosen farming as a career and helps keep this operation still all in the family. They row crop 4000 acres and have a cow/calf operation. His father and grandfather are both listed here as recipients of this award in the past.
So with this information, it’s probably apparent that the 2024 Greater Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce Ag Business Person of the year is Stanton Shoemaker.
In addition to his busy farming schedule, Stanton has served on the Board of Henry County Public Water Supply District since the 2004. He is a private pilot and has served on the Clinton Regional Airport Association Board since January 2018. Stanton is very well-versed in current agricultural technology.
He has been married to Janet for over 40 years and together they have three grown children who have blessed this agriculture family with 6 beautiful grandchildren.
Congratulations Stanton.
