Tommy Cartrite
Managing 10 sections of row crops and 13 sections in a cattle operation requires a dedicated crew, says Sunray, Texas, farmer Tommy Cartrite. He lined the crew up after the 2020 corn harvest. Crew members are, left to right: Rubin Gonzalez, Tony Gonzalez, Felipe Colli, Cesar Espino, Cartrite, Albert Alvarez, Ramon Gonzalez and Miguel Castenada. Sunray, Texas, producer takes top honors in 2020 corn yield contest, uses lessons learned to improve farm production.
Tommy Cartrite puts a bit extra into his National Corn Growers Association contest plots a little more fertilizer, a little higher plant population, and an extra fungicide application.
But he takes what he learns from that NCGA plot and applies it to his other acres.