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Tuesday, June 29 2021
Cotton Advocate, Steve Verett, To Retire after 24 years with Plains Cotton Growers
Steve Verett has been an influential spokesman for High Plains cotton for more than 20 years.

As CEO of Plains Cotton Growers in Lubbock, Verett’s influence reaches well beyond the High Plains, beyond Texas, beyond the Southwest, beyond the Cotton Belt and into the halls of Congress.

His efforts helped other agriculture commodities in battles to protect farm and ranch interests in numerous farm bills, crop insurance debates and trade negotiations.

During his term, Verett has worked to maintain cotton’s place not only in the Texas High Plains economy but also as part of numerous federal farm bills, crop insurance debates, and regulatory discussions that affect cotton and other commodities across the nation. He’s worked with volunteer leaders, staff members, and other commodity associations to preserve needed farm programs during periods of budget cuts, environmental overreach, and natural disasters.

The farmer/leaders with whom he’s worked praise his passion for agriculture and his ability to represent their issues to local, state, and federal legislators.

Verett retired from PCG June 30, and his shoes will be hard to fill. He took over the PCG helm in 1997, only the third person to hold this role since PCG’s formation in 1956.

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