Broadcast Newsline: June 28, 2017
Now in its fifth year, the National Cotton Council’s Emerging Leaders Program brings together cotton industry members to provide them with a better understanding of how the Council carries out its mission of ensuring the U.S. cotton industry’s seven segments can compete effectively and profitably in the raw cotton, oilseed and U.S.-manufactured product markets at home and abroad.
Today’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts. The first cut is Jesse Flye, a cotton producer from Jonesboro, Arkansas. The second cut is Rose Robertson, a cotton producer from Coolidge, Arizona. The third cut is Kim Bamonte, who works in the cotton division of Parkdale Mills in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Suggested Introduction 1:
Now in its fifth year, the National Cotton Council’s Emerging Leaders Program brings together cotton industry members to provide them with a better understanding of how the Council carries out its mission of ensuring the U.S. cotton industry’s seven segments can compete effectively and profitably in the raw cotton, oilseed and U.S.-manufactured product markets at home and abroad. Jesse Flye, a cotton producer and participant from Jonesboro, Arkansas, shares what the program means to him.
Suggested Introduction 2:
We also sat down with Rose Robertson, a producer from Coolidge, Arizona, to talk about how she got involved and what she took away from the media training portion of the program.
Suggested Introduction 3:
The participants represent all segments of the cotton industry. For example, Kim Bamonte, one participant from Gastonia, North Carolina, doesn’t grow cotton, but works closely with the crop.
