Jack Royal of Leary, Ga., named Cotton Consultant Of The Year

Jack Royal of Leary, Ga., has been named Cotton Consultant of the Year, an award sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection and Cotton Farming magazine. Royal will be honored at the Beltwide Cotton Conference next week in New Orleans.

He is the first Georgia consultant to receive the award since its inception in 1981. (Click here for a list of previous winners.)

Royal began consulting in 1978. He is a charter member of the Georgia Association of Professional Agricultural Consultants and has served 2 terms as its president.

When asked in an interview how he viewed the future of cotton, Royal responded: "I don’t have any farmers who want to throw in the towel. We’re not quitters down here in south Georgia. When you look at prices, you realize that this next Farm Bill will probably determine the future of agriculture."

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