alffoto / iStock / Getty Images Plus Let s say I was still pretty young when the Boll Weevil Eradication Program came to our little corner of Georgia in the late 1980s.
If you remember how it was to grow cotton prior to the successful purge of the notorious boll weevil, you probably have gray hair.
I have gray hair, but let s say I was still pretty young when the Boll Weevil Eradication Program came to our little corner of Georgia in the late 1980s. I knew folks who worked the program in our area then and remember helping set and check those now-classic yellowish-green traps in places. That was when I first learned what a pheromone was.
Three added to Agricultural Hall of Fame
The N.C. Agricultural Hall of Fame now has three new members following the induction of John Holman Cyrus, Fred N. Colvard and Marshall W. Grant.
• Cyrus, of Raleigh, was a pivotal figure with regards to the state’s tobacco industry, serving for 37 years with the N.C. Department of Agriculture in various capacities, including Tobacco Program Administrator. In the early 1950s, Cyrus established an annual comprehensive tobacco market report. Later, he planned and developed a service program focused on improving quality and marketing practices. That program also encouraged closer cooperation and understanding between tobacco growers, warehousemen, dealers and manufacturers.
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