Broadcast Newsline: December 11, 2013
Don Parker, the National Cotton Council’s manager of Integrated Pest Management, joined Patrick Johnson, a Mississippi cotton producer, and Donny Lassiter, a North Carolina cotton and peanut producer, at a recent focus group in Chicago to provide input on a Neonicotinoid Cost Benefits Study. He joins us today to share some of the details from the meeting.
Today's Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts. All cuts are Don Parker, Manager of Integrated Pest Management for the National Cotton Council.
Suggested Introduction 1:
Don Parker, the National Cotton Council's manager of Integrated Pest Management, joined Patrick Johnson, a Mississippi cotton
producer, and Donny Lassiter, a North Carolina cotton and peanut producer, at a recent focus group in Chicago to provide input on a Neonicotinoid Cost Benefits Study. He joins us today to share some of the details from the meeting.
Suggested Introduction 2:
Debate has surrounded neonics since they were cancelled in Europe as a result of claims that they were having negative impacts on pollinators.
Suggested Introduction 3:
Fortunately some of the council's members were able to attend and share their unique experiences as cotton producers in the US.
