DATE:     11/15/00     
WRITER:   Dr. Jack Jackson, (864) 646-2131   
EDITOR:   Giles Singleton, (864) 656-3876   

Cotton growers meet
Dec. 5 in Florence   

     CLEMSON -- South Carolina cotton growers and the Boll 
Weevil Eradication Foundation will hold a joint meeting 
Dec. 5 at Clemson University's Pee Dee Research and Education 
Center in Florence.   
     The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in Room 266.   
     Reports on the status of the boll weevil in the state 
and around the southeast will be given by Randy Lynch of the 
S.C. Boll Weevil Program. Updates on boll weevil issues will 
be presented by Mitch Roof, Clemson Extension Service 
entomologist; Jack Jackson, head of Clemson University's
Department of Plant Industry and David Lynch, chairman of 
the S.C. Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation. 
     Accountant James Brogdon will report on the financial 
status of the S.C. Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation.  
     All cotton growers interested in what is happening both 
in South Carolina and beyond the borders of the state are 
encouraged to attend. Time will be taken for grower questions 
and comments.   
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