North Dakota visit completes first year's exchange
06 Aug '07
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A group of Sunbelt growers will see agricultural production/processing and agribusiness operations in North Dakota during August 6-10 as part of the National Cotton Council's Multi-Commodity Education Program (MCEP).
The exchange between commodity producer leaders in the Sunbelt and the Midwest/Far West regions is designed to provide the program's participants with: 1) a better understanding of production issues/concerns faced by their peers in another geographic region and 2) an opportunity to observe agronomic practices, technology utilization, cropping patterns, marketing plans and operational structure. The program is supported by The Cotton Foundation with grants from Deere & Company and Monsanto.
The NCC member Sunbelt participants and the regional interest organizations they represent include: Donny Lassiter, Conway, NC (North Carolina Cotton Producers); Ronald Lee, Bronwood, GA (Southern Cotton Growers Association); John Willis, Brownsville, TN (American Agriculture Movement of Tennessee); Lawrence Long, Indianola, MS (Delta Council); Bryan Patterson, Amherst, TX (Plains Cotton Growers Association); Stuart Posey, Roby, TX (Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association); Mark McKean, Riverdale, CA (California Cotton Growers Association); and Paco Ollerton, Casa Grande, AZ (Arizona Cotton Growers Association).
Among crops that the participants raise, besides cotton, are: corn, soybeans, wheat, grain sorghum, sunflowers, hay, tomatoes, onion, garlic and watermelon.
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