National Cotton Council prepares new representatives
Published 10:21 am Saturday, February 16, 2013
HIGH COTTON: The National Cotton Council’s annual meeting was orientation for a new group of representatives chosen as intermediaries between farmers and national policymakers. Representing eastern North Carolina is Pinetown farmer Jamie Boyd (third from left) at the council’s Memphis meeting earlier this month. In July, the representatives will travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. Department of Agriculture officials.