BASF continues to celebrate cotton growers who achieve four-bale or greater yields as part of the FiberMax One Ton Club for its 16th year.
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78 members across Texas, New Mexico and California qualified for the club this year, bringing total membership to 1,215 members.
Several members also received special awards in five categories:
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Highest yield and highest gross value: Apple Creek Farms, Inc., in Garden City, Texas, harvested an average yield of 2,538.52 lbs per acre with FM 2398GLTP, and earned a gross value of $1,451.53 per acre.
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Most acres and most varieties: H Bar H Farms in Dalhart, Texas, harvested an average yield of 2,099.52 lbs per acre on 431 acres with FM 1621GL, FM 1888GL and FM 2398GLTP.
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Highest loan value: Kendall and Ruthie Holdeman in Saragosa, Texas, garnered $0.5732 on their qualifying acres with FM 2574GLT.
Additionally, for the 16th year, members who qualified for the One Ton Club were eligible to win a two-year lease on a Ford Super Duty F-350 King Ranch truck. This year’s winners are Charles and Janet Braden of B&P Farms, Inc, in Garden City, Texas.
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Mark Howard of H Bar H Farms, who is in his sixth year overall of the club, said, “The One Ton Club is an honor, and it’s a thrill to be able to grow that kind of cotton. Cotton is challenging; it’s a crop that has risks, but also your best rewards. So, it’s great to see and celebrate the success of your peers as part of the One Ton Club.”
Rachel Walters, cottonseed marketing manager at BASF, said, “There is a unique quality to the One Ton Club member that makes this group of cotton growers so special: toughness. No matter what’s happening in the world or on their farms, they take challenges head on and achieve impressive results. It’s a characteristic we strive to emulate with our FiberMax cotton seed, too – the ability to achieve superior fiber quality and high yield potential even in the toughest conditions.”
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