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At times it seems like we’re living in a science-fiction movie where we’re trying to escape from a hidden enemy – coronavirus. Unfortunately, in the words of Jason Bourne, “this is real.” The question we all deal with is how to balance medical realities with our fight to survive economically. This issue of Commentator covers… Read more »

When you look back on 2020, what will be the first thing that comes to mind? Possibly it could be that this is the year for a presidential election, or the year that the United Kingdom left the European Union. However, it is much more likely that face masks and social distancing will be at… Read more »

Blackwell, Texas, is located just south of Sweetwater and is home to about 300 people give or take a few. Most people living there are involved in raising cattle and crops. However, one of those individuals turned his love of agriculture into a career that almost no one thought much about in 1979 — computers… Read more »

“When I think about sustainability in terms of cotton, I think about my legacy as far as my family and the generations behind me. What am I doing to make it sustainable where they will have the same opportunities that I did?” These are the words of Dahlen Hancock discussing what sustainability means to him… Read more »

“Love the people, love the members, love what you are doing and take care of business.” Throughout his 45 years working in the agricultural co-op industry, Ron Harkey said these are the words he tried to live and work by, and to say they have served him well would be an understatement. After serving grower-owners… Read more »

In 1953, PCCA was established to help Texas High Plains cotton farmers get the most possible value from their cotton. While marketing remains at the cooperative’s core, other value-added processes have continually evolved and expanded over the past six decades of business. Around every corner, these additions and innovations have helped stabilize grower- owners’ bottom… Read more »