Lubbock, Texas
June 26, 2007
Americot, Inc. further expands its reach in the Southwest
with a marketing agreement with H&W GENETEX, Ltd.
“Americot, Inc. has signed a
marketing agreement with H&W GENETEX, Ltd. for 13 Roundup Ready®
Flex varieties,” Americot® general manager Terry Campbell
announced. “This marketing agreement once again expresses
Americot’s desire to supply cotton farmers with more choices in
planting seed. Americot is evaluating these 13 lines this season
and will market several of them in 2008.
"This agreement greatly expands our Roundup Ready Flex offerings
to the northern High Plains market. These products have the
characteristics desired by the Southwest farmer: stormproof
cotton with excellent fiber quality, high-yield potential and
earliness. Their maturity range from very early to medium full."
Americot earlier announced that it has acquired the NexGen™
brand of cotton seed as well as specific Delta and Pine Land
germplasm. These acquisitions make Americot® the second largest
cotton seed company in the Southwest region in market share, and
the third largest in the country.
"We also have our own germplasm developed by Dr. David Bush's
Research and Development program," Campbell adds. "We now have
one of the largest germplasm bases available to which we can
combine with the latest and best biotechnology traits from
across the world to benefit U.S. growers.
"However, it's critical that we continue to access new germplasm
such as that of GENETEX because we need to make available
products with different genetic backgrounds to help growers
counter varying environments. This is another example of our
commitment to the Southwest cotton grower that we're accessing
Southwest bred germplasm like GENETEX offers. We recognize
GENETEX brings value to the Southwest grower."
H&W GENETEX, Ltd. is a Texas High Plains based company
launched in 1992 by Don Harper and Norman Wilson. The company
focuses on Valencia peanut breeding and Plains adapted cotton
varieties. GENETEX owner Don Harper, a Lamb County farmer,
started his career by studying agronomy/plant science at Texas
Tech before returning to the family farm. Dr. Norman Wilson,
co-owner of GENETEX, has a doctorate in plant breeding and
genetics from Oklahoma State University and years of experience
in plant breeding and agricultural consulting.
Americot, Inc. headquartered in Lubbock, Texas provides
Southwest, Midsouth and Southeast cotton growers with quality
planting seed of varieties that offer high yield potential and
excellent fiber quality with the technologies that growers want
and need. For more information on Americot cotton products, go
to www.americot.com.
Americot® is a registered trademark of Americot, Inc.
Roundup Ready® is a registered trademark of Monsanto Technology,
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