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Fred Bourland, cotton breeder and researcher at the Northeast Research and Extension Center at Keiser, examines cotton varieties being tested in research plots at the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station at Marianna. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Fred Miller) KEISER, Ark. When Fred Bourland left the family cotton farm in Mississippi County for the University of Arkansas, clear across the state in Fayetteville, he had anything but farming on his mind. “I grew up around cotton,” Bourland said. “When I went to college, I was planning to get as far away from cotton as I could.” ....
Kenton Mast Jonathan McBride finished his fourth season as the ginner at Bogue Chitto Gin shortly before this photo was taken alongside his son Benjamin. Jonathan McBride has been named the 2021 Southern Cotton Ginners Association Ginner of the year. The Bible tells us in Ecclesiastes 11:1 to “Cast your bread upon the waters for you will find it after many days.” Sometimes we find the bread comes back in some unexpected but rewarding ways. Take Jonathan McBride, for example. Jonathan grew up in Webster County in east Mississippi. His father had a few cows when he was in high school, and he worked for Van Johnson, a Eupora, Miss., row crop farmer who had about 200 head of mama cows and 4,000 head of hogs. ....