Cotton Facts

A bale of cotton weighs about
500 pounds
The U.S. cotton industry generates about
200,000 Jobs
The amount of cotton used to print $1 bills per year is typically
4,356,000 lbs.

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Sammy Wright

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A Vienna, Ga., native, Sammy Wright attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and has worked in agriculture for more than 45 years. For the past 20 years he has served as vice president of Chickasha of Georgia, a firm that buys and sells cottonseed, both domestically and internationally. Sammy, who has served in leadership roles in multiple state and regional feed and grain organizations, is a past president and current board member of the National Cottonseed Products Association.
 
Sammy was elected in February as a National Cotton Council vice president after having served as a NCC director since 2001. He has served on multiple NCC committees and currently is a member of its Farm Policy Task Force and its Farm Program & Economic Policy Committee. Sammy and his wife, Cindy, have a son and two daughters.

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