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Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association, Inc.
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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 220,000 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 MissionThe 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
Guess how many bales of cotton will be ginned 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 November 1, 2009.
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, 2008 = 170,398 Sponsored by the Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association
2009 Contest Entries Posted November 3, 2009
Links of InterestThe Weather in the Concho ValleyThe Cotton Market PlannerPest Management News (Rick Minzenmayer) Agronomy News (Billy Warrick)
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