Beltwide Cotton Conferences convene in San Antonio

Darren Hudson, professor and the Larry Combest Endowed Chair for Agricultural Competitiveness and director of the International Center for Agricultural Competitiveness, chats with O.A. Cleveland, Mississippi State Extension economist, cotton marketing, are shown following the Ag Economics session at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences.

Darrin Dodds, Mississippi State University Extension specialist, congratulates Andrea Jones on receiving the Cotton Extension Specialists of the Year award at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences.

Steve Nichols, Bayer head of Agronomic Services, chats with the Cotton Specialist of the Year, Andrea Jones at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences.

Extension specialists gather each year at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences to honor one of their own as Cotton Specialist of the Year. Andrea Jones, in front, is the first woman to receive the award.

Joe Outlaw, Texas AgriLife Extension economist, left, Jim Sugarek, farmer from Beeville, Texas, and Shawn Wade, Plains Cotton Growers, talk farm bill following Outlaw’s presentation at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio.

Jason Norsworthy, University of Arkansas, left, and Ken Smith, FMC, discussed dicamba at the Beltwide.

O.A. Cleveland presents Doyle and Daryl Schniers the Cotton Marketer of the Year Award at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences economic update session.

Ron Smith, Farm Press Publications, left, and Ron Smith, Auburn University Extension entomologist, have attended the Beltwide Cotton Conferences for decades.

Three Amigos, Bill Robertson, University of Arkansas; Dan Fromme, Louisiana State University; and Gaylon Morgan, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, got together after the annual Cotton Extension Specialist Award dinner, always part of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences.