Registration for the Plains Cotton Growers Inc. 67th Annual Meeting which will be held April 2 is currently underway at the PCCA website.
Producers, representatives and partners of the Texas High Plains cotton industry will gather for this annual event.
The 67th PCG annual meeting will feature a taping of the U.S. Farm Report, a customer experience keynote address and breakout sessions all designed to prepare producers for another crop year.
This event is FREE to attend thanks to PCCA sponsors.
It will be held from 7:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Overton Hotel & Conference Center, 2322 Mac Davis Ln, Lubbock, TX 79401 For more informtion, call (806) 792-4904, or email kara@plainscotton.org This year, PCG will host the U.S. Farm Report at its annual meeting. U.S. Farm Report Host Tyne Morgan comes back to the PCG stage with three renowned, heavy-hitter economists: Jody Campiche, Bart Fischer and Brad Weddelman.
Jody Campiche is the vice president of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council. She prepares the economic outlook for global cotton markets and monitors general economic conditions and other commodity markets with attention to their impacts on the cotton economic situation. Campiche also coordinates and develops analyses of alternative farm and trade policies as they relate to the U.S. and global cotton and textile industries. The Oklahoma native was raised on a farming operation and joined NCC in 2015.
Bart Fischer serves as the codirector of the Texas A&M University Agricultural Food and Policy Center as well as a senior advisor for federal relations in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Texas A&M AgriLife. Fischer’s applied research focuses on solving real-world policy problems for agricultural producers and on anticipating potential policy changes for Congress to consider. Fischer served the House Agriculture Committee for more than eight years before joining Texas A&M. He is the fifth generation to be raised on the family wheat, cotton and cattle operation in Southwest Oklahoma.
Brad Weddelman provides keen insight and economic analysis on matters of policy for clients and lawmakers as the chief economist for Combest, Sell & Associates in Washington D.C. Additionally, he assists with client casework where he interacts regularly with officials at USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Risk Management Agency. A native of Napoleon, Ohio, Weddelman was raised on his family’s wheat, corn and soybean farm.
Breakout Sessions - 12:55 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Breakout Session No. 1 - 12:55 p.m. to 1:35 p.m.
Breakout Session No. 2 - 1:50 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.