Seeing a crop progress from start to finish might be Randy’s favorite thing about growing cotton, aside from knowing that the fiber he is producing will be used to clothe his friends and neighbors all over the world. As Chairman of the Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Randy takes his job very seriously and understands the value the program has brought to the state’s cotton industry.

As a result of the Foundation’s efforts, Randy says cotton farmers have seen their investment returned ten-fold and have contributed millions to the state’s economy. Randy, who has farmed cotton along with soybeans, corn and rice on his operation in Mississippi County since the 1970s, insists the success of the program in Arkansas is unprecedented and will continue to have positive impacts on the cotton industry for years to come.