The Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association represents producers and gins in the Concho Valley Region of Texas near San Angelo. The area consists of 12 counties and has about 240,000 acres in cotton production. The Southern Rolling Plains was the first zone in Texas to initiate Boll Weevil Eradication in 1993 and was declared functionally eradicated in 2000. The cotton farmers in this area are some of the most progressive and technically advanced producers in the entire cotton producing regions of the United States.
Our Mission
The Mission of the Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association is to develop, carry out, and participate in programs of research, disease and insect control, education, and promotion designed to encourage the production, marketing, and use of cotton.
SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS COTTON GROWERS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Ballinger Community Center, Ballinger, Texas
(Note Change of Location from Ballinger High School)
9:00 a.m. Registration and Booth Visitation
10:00 a.m. 2012 Ag Policy, Dr. Joe Outlaw, Texas AgriLife Extension Economist, College Station
10:30 a.m. Water Rights and Issues—Senate Bill 18, Randy Beck, Texas Farm Bureau, Waco
11:15 a.m. Cotton Market Update, Bill Thompson, Texas AgriLife Extension Economist, San Angelo
11:45 a.m. Complimentary Lunch & Booth Visitation
12:45 p.m. Awards Program
Prayer for Rain
Monsanto Award Presentation
Farm Family of the Year
Agribusiness of the Year
Pat Lee Scholarship Presentation
Keynote Speaker—Charles Stenholm
1:30 p.m. National Weather Service Update, Dr. Steve Lyons, Meteorologist, San Angelo
2:00 p.m. Managing Cotton Root Rot Using TopGuard®, Rick Minzenmayer, Texas AgriLife Extension, Ballinger
2:30 p.m. Break and Booth Visitation
3:00 p.m. Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association Annual Meeting
Introductions, Robert Englert, SRPCGA President
President’s Report, Robert Englert
Ag Issues at the State Level, Representative Drew Darby, Texas House of Representatives
2011 PIE Tour Report, Joe Matthiesen, Rowena
National Cotton Council Report, Brett Cypert, Texas NCC Staff, Sweetwater
Committee for the Advancement of Cotton, Doyle Schniers, CAC Director, San Angelo
4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
CHARLIE STENHOLM TO KEYNOTE AGRIPLEX AG DAY
Former Congressman Stenholm is a Senior Policy Advisor at OFW Law. Born in Stamford, Texas, Mr. Stenholm went on to serve the 32-county, 17th District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Stenholm was a member of the House Committee on Agriculture throughout his 26-year House career, serving as the Committee's ranking Democrat for his last eight years until 2004. He earned a reputation for building bipartisan alliances in areas as diverse as agriculture, resource conservation, food safety, Social Security, energy, health care, and the budget.
Mr. Stenholm currently serves as Co-Chair of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and sits on the Board of Directors for the Concord Coalition, the Business and Industry Political Action Committee, and the Coalition for a Fiscally Sound America. He is also a member of the Farm Foundation Round Table and the 25 x 25 Steering Committee. Mr. Stenholm graduated from Tarleton State Junior College and Texas Tech University with a BS and MS in agriculture education. He has also received honorary Doctor of Law degrees from Abilene Christian, Hardin-Simmons, and McMurry Universities.
Guess How Many Bales?
Contest
Guess how many bales of cotton will be produced in the Southern Rolling Plains this season. The entry with the closest number will receive a steak dinner for two.
Send your entry to srpcga@wtxs.net or mail to SRPCGA, PO Box 211, Winters, Texas 79567 by October 21, 2011.
Entries will be posted on the website www.srpcotton.org and the winner will be notified when all gins have finished for the season.
2004 = 231,047 bales, 2005 = 274,885 bales, 2006 = 82,634 bales,
2007 = 301,848 bales, 2008 = 170,398 bales, 2009 = 135,801 bales
2010 = 187,048
Sponsored by the
Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association
2011 Contest Entries
Charles J. Schwertner
5,671
Doug Wilde 12,326
Michael Sturm 13,945
Roy Rollwitz 14,389
Chase Bubenik
16,130
Robert Englert 16,397
Jackie Bubenik
18,531
David Kubenka 18,600
Rick Minzenmayer 19,100
Doyle Schniers 19,251
Jerry Multer 19,434
Brett Cypert 19,500
Pam Halfmann 19,786
Byron Bauerlein 20,001
Patrick Bubenik
20,280
THE BOLL WEEVIL 20,500
Joseph Busenlehner 21,201
Ralph Porter 22,057
Chris Mathis 22,113
Richard Pelzel 22,153
Stuart Lehr 23,496
Chris Bubenik
24,280
Tony Newton 24,500
Kenny Gully 26,230
Bill Belew 26,342
Dean McIntyre 26,550
Aaron Colburn 28,015
Paul Minzenmayer 29,000
Sharon Rohmfeld 31,300
Milton Plagens Jr. 37,960
Wilbert Jost 38,427
Richard Percival 41,216
Brandon Braden 59,460
Martha Beimer 159,792
The winner was Dean McIntyre with a guess of 26, 550 bales. The 2011
production of cotton in the Southern Rolling Plains was 26,226.
Links of Interest
The Weather in the Concho Valley
The Cotton Market Planner
Pest Management News (Rick Minzenmayer)
Agronomy News (Billy Warrick)
Cotton
Information
Rowena Weather Station
Wall Weather Station
Weed Information
Agronomy Publications--West Central Texas
General Agronomy Information--West Central Texas
Texas Result Demonstrations
Texas Pest Management Association
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
Texas Department of Agriculture
Contact Information
Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association,
Inc.
Randall Conner, Executive Director
P.O. Box 211 (221 West Dale), Winters, Texas 79567-0211
- Telephone
- 325-754-4542
- FAX
- 325-754-5389
- Postal address
- P.O. Box 211, 221 West Dale, Winters, Texas 79567
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
rconner@winters-texas.us
Webmaster: rconner@wtxs.net
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