Van Murphy Receives Cotton Grower® Achievement
Award At Beltwide Cotton Conferences
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Jan 6, 2009) – Van Murphy, a cotton farmer from Quitman, Georgia, is this year’s Cotton Grower Achievement Award winner. Murphy was honored in front of his peers and the industry Tuesday, Jan. 6 at the Cotton Grower Beltwide Luncheon, held at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences at the Marriott Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio.
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.
Murphy is the first and only Ex¬ecutive Manager of BCT Gin Co., Inc. and raises 300 acres of cotton, 50 acres of peanuts, and 20 acres of hay. He has been a Cotton Board director for 13 years, current¬ly sits on the Executive Committee, and serves as Chairman of the Op¬erations Committee. He is Chairman of the Board and a past president of the National Cotton Ginners As-sociation and has been active in the National Cotton Council. Murphy is in his second year of a two year term as president of the Southeastern Cot¬ton Ginners Association and is a past Southeast Ginner of the Year. Family, friends and colleagues describe Murphy as a humble servant and an outstanding leader.
“I need to give the Lord credit,” says Murphy. “He has blessed BCT Gin – this is our 26th crop and we’ve seen some tough times, but unity has had a lot to do with our success.”
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