Lubbock, Texas
April 9, 2008
Americot, Inc. is committed to providing quality planting
seed of high yield potential cotton varieties with excellent
fiber properties. Americot also recognizes the weather risks
that threaten growers, especially Southwest dryland growers.
In addition to providing high quality Americot® brand and
NexGen™ brand cotton seed, the Southwest-based company shares
weather risks with growers, according to Americot general
manager Terry Campbell. "Hail and excessive winds can cause a
stand loss in which a replant is necessary. Americot offer a 100
percent replant program for Southwest growers," he explains.
Under the replant program, any field planted first with an
Americot or NexGen cotton variety and replanted with an Americot
or NexGen variety in the same season is eligible for 100 percent
reimbursement of the suggested retail price of the originally
planted seed.
Americot also has a Drought Relief Program which applies to
cotton grown in West Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. “In
the event of a drought, a grower whose cotton crop is lost or
yields less than 150 pounds of lint per land acre, will get back
about half or all his seed cost," Campbell says. “In the event
we get summer rainfall, by planting an Americot or NexGen
variety with Bollgard II®/Roundup Ready® Flex technology, you
have Bollgard II protection for worms as well as the flexibility
to control your weeds in a timely manner with Roundup Ready
Flex. Our share risk programs enable growers to risk very little
by planting our Bollgard II®/Roundup Ready® Flex varieties that
offer high yield potential and excellent fiber quality.
"Additionally, no other cotton seed company offers 100 percent
back on their cost for Roundup Ready cotton varieties. We
recognize growers have adapted NG 821 R and NG 2448 R to their
dryland production for yield and quality reasons. We are willing
to assume all the risk because of the growers' commitment to
using our NexGen Roundup Ready varieties on their dryland
acres."
For full details, go to
www.americot.com and access two documents: The Replant
Program and the 2008 Drought Relief Program. Growers also can
call 888.678.7333.
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.
Americot® and NexGen™ are trademarks of Americot, Inc.
Bollgard II® and Roundup Ready® are registered trademarks of
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