Archive for January, 2015
Man who led US boll weevil eradication honored with “White Gold”
Marshall Grant, North Carolina farmer and the man who lead the way in eradicating the boll weevil, received the inaugural “White Gold Award” at the 25th Annual Joint Commodities Conference, held January 14-16 in Durham, N.C.
Rick Morgan: 2015 High Cotton Winner for the Southeast
For as long as he’s been farming in Gates County just south of the Virginia state line, Corapeake, N.C. farmer Rick Morgan has sought ways to make his land better.
Collins Named Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year
Guy Collins, Extension associate professor for cotton at North Carolina State University, is the 2015 Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year.