BASF Welcomes 92 Top Growers to FiberMax One Ton Club for 2019
April 27, 2020 Ninety-two cotton growers who achieved yields of four bales or more with FiberMax cotton varieties during last year’s harvest were welcomed to the FiberMax One Ton Club for 2019.
Those qualifying growers included 14 first-time winners, bringing the overall One Ton Club membership to 1,206 growers.
Among the qualifying members, select growers received special awards:
- Most Varieties – Apple Creek Farms of Garden City, TX, qualified using FM 2334GLT, FM 2398GLTP, FM 2498GLT and FM 2574GLT.
- Most Acres – Kitten Land Company of Lubbock, TX, harvested an average yield of 2,164 pounds per acre on 475 acres with FM 1830GLT and FM 2498GLT.
- Highest Loan Value – Micah and Magen Carter of Wellington, TX, earned $0.5722 on their qualifying acres with FM 1830GLT.
- Highest Yield – Gary Shiflett Farms of Deming, NM, harvested an average yield of 2,796.82 pounds per acre with FM 2498GLT.
- Highest Gross Value – Gary Shiflett Farms earned $1,589.71 per acre on their qualifying acres with FM 1830GLT.
“It’s been a tough year for cotton growers, but these growers took on the challenge and still accomplished excellent results,” said Rachel Walters, Cottonseed Marketing Manager, BASF. “We’re proud to offer growers advanced genetics that deliver premium fiber quality, high yield potential and more potential earnings per acre than the competition, giving them the economic advantage they need in today’s tight markets and tough growing conditions.
“We appreciate the opportunity to celebrate their remarkable milestones with the FiberMax One Ton Club.”
Each year, One Ton Club members are entered into a drawing for a two-year lease on a Ford Super Duty F-350 King Ranch pickup truck. This year’s winner was Blake Fennell of Earth, TX, who qualified for the One Ton Club with FM 1911GLT.
Blake Fennell (right) of Earth, TX, won the FiberMax One Ton Club truck drawing. Pictured with Fennell (from left) are BASF Regional Agronomist Tim Culpepper and BASF Seed Advisor Keith Waters.
To qualify for the FiberMax One Ton Club, growers had to:
- Produce a minimum of 2,000 pounds of ginned cotton per acre on a minimum of 20 acres planted with FiberMax cotton seed from January 1 to December 1, 2019, on either irrigated or dryland acreage
- Provide gin recap sheets to verify 2,000 lb/A yield
- Register their cotton in the Certified FiberMax Cotton program.
Based on information provided by BASF
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