2008 Beltwide Luncheon

Woody Anderson Receives 2007 Cotton Grower® Achievement Award At Beltwide Cotton Conferences

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan 10, 2008 – Woody Anderson, a cotton farmer from Colorado City, Texas, is this year’s Cotton Grower Achievement Award winner. Anderson was honored in front of the industry and his peers Wednesday, Jan. 9 at the Cotton Grower Beltwide Luncheon, held at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville.

The Cotton Grower® Achievement Award, sponsored by Case IH and Monsanto, recognizes and honors growers who are outstanding innovators, sound stewards of the environment, and leaders in their communities as well as the cotton industry.

Anderson grew up on the family cotton farm and after earning a degree in journalism and public relations from the University of Texas, returned to the family farm for good in 1974. Anderson became interested in the eradication of the boll weevil, a major threat to Texas cotton growers. As a result, Anderson joined the National Cotton Council in the early 1990’s and served on the Boll Weevil Action Committee.

In 2004, Anderson was elected chairman of the National Cotton Council. As the chairman, Anderson testified before congress on the effectiveness of the 2002 farm law in cotton and agriculture. Currently Anderson runs the farm with his brother and family and is in the process of adding to their 125 turbine windmills which generate electricity of the town. The Andersons have also been named the Colorado City Chamber of Commerce Farm Family of the Year.

More information on Anderson can be found in the January edition of Cotton Grower magazine. For information on the Cotton Grower Achievement Award, visit www.cottongrower.com/cgaa/index.html.

For more information or photos of the ceremony contact:

Kim McCloskey

440.602.9115

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