July 12, 2001
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MEMPHIS, TN – Western cotton producers will host Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas cotton producers July 21-27 as part of the National Cotton Council/FMC Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) program.
The program, now in its 13th year, is managed by the NCC’s Member Services staff and supported by a grant to The Cotton Foundation from FMC Corporation. The program’s overall aim is to help America’s cotton producers become more efficient by speeding up their adoption of proven technology and innovative farming methods.
"The P.I.E. program is basically the Internet in the flesh," said James "Jimmy" F. Dodson, newly elected president of The Cotton Foundation. "It’s a problem-solving tool that allows innovative producers to share information, management ideas and concerns with other progressive cotton producers.
The Robstown, TX, cotton producer said successful producers typically leave their mark on their communities, but the P.I.E. program allows them to have an impact on other areas of the Cotton Belt as well. He said that the program also helps producers understand concerns of producers in regions different than their own – a timely process as discussions on new farm law escalate this year.
Foundation Chairman Talmage Crihfield, a Ripley, TN, producer and 1993 P.I.E. participant, said the exchange program also is serving the increasingly important function of exposing participants to creative ways of reducing their production inputs as a means of achieving profitability.
The Southwest region cotton producers will begin their tour July 22 in Phoenix, AZ, where they will visit the Delta Pine Western Seed Nursery. The next day, they will travel to the Tolleson area where they will tour area farms and then get an update from Larry Antilla on pest issues and aflatoxin research and control at the Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council.
The following day’s activities include a helicopter tour of the Salt River Project’s water delivery system.
The group will conclude their activities that day by traveling to California’s San Joaquin Valley for an update on that state’s cotton production and key issues from Earl Williams, president and chief executive officer of the California Cotton Growers Association.
On July 25th and 26th, the participants will tour Errotabere Ranch in Riverdale and Gilkey Enterprises in Corcoran and see crop production in the Hanford area and the Curti Brothers Dairy in Waukena.
The 2001 P.I.E. program features two later tours: producers from Arizona and California will tour the Texas’ High Plains and South Texas, Aug. 4-9; and producers from Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee will travel to Georgia and Alabama, Aug 18-23. Southeast cotton producers toured the Mid-South July 8-12.
The program, now in its 13th year, is managed by the NCC’s Member Services staff and supported by a grant to The Cotton Foundation from FMC Corporation. The program’s overall aim is to help America’s cotton producers become more efficient by speeding up their adoption of proven technology and innovative farming methods.
"The P.I.E. program is basically the Internet in the flesh," said James "Jimmy" F. Dodson, newly elected president of The Cotton Foundation. "It’s a problem-solving tool that allows innovative producers to share information, management ideas and concerns with other progressive cotton producers.
The Robstown, TX, cotton producer said successful producers typically leave their mark on their communities, but the P.I.E. program allows them to have an impact on other areas of the Cotton Belt as well. He said that the program also helps producers understand concerns of producers in regions different than their own – a timely process as discussions on new farm law escalate this year.
Foundation Chairman Talmage Crihfield, a Ripley, TN, producer and 1993 P.I.E. participant, said the exchange program also is serving the increasingly important function of exposing participants to creative ways of reducing their production inputs as a means of achieving profitability.
The Southwest region cotton producers will begin their tour July 22 in Phoenix, AZ, where they will visit the Delta Pine Western Seed Nursery. The next day, they will travel to the Tolleson area where they will tour area farms and then get an update from Larry Antilla on pest issues and aflatoxin research and control at the Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council.
The following day’s activities include a helicopter tour of the Salt River Project’s water delivery system.
The group will conclude their activities that day by traveling to California’s San Joaquin Valley for an update on that state’s cotton production and key issues from Earl Williams, president and chief executive officer of the California Cotton Growers Association.
On July 25th and 26th, the participants will tour Errotabere Ranch in Riverdale and Gilkey Enterprises in Corcoran and see crop production in the Hanford area and the Curti Brothers Dairy in Waukena.
The 2001 P.I.E. program features two later tours: producers from Arizona and California will tour the Texas’ High Plains and South Texas, Aug. 4-9; and producers from Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee will travel to Georgia and Alabama, Aug 18-23. Southeast cotton producers toured the Mid-South July 8-12.
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