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 280,000 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.
Guess How Many Bales Contest?
The winner of the contest is Milton Plagens, Jr. of San Angelo. His guess was 302,649 bales. The Southern Rolling Plains cotton production for 2007 was 301,834 bales, with possibly a few more bales still coming in. That was on 203,000 harvested acres, making a yield of 743 pound per acre.
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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