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From YouTube: House - Agriculture Subcommittee - February 8, 2022
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House Agriculture Subcommittee House Hearing Room 3
A
C
Last
year
I
didn't
get
the
chance
to
introduce
too
many
people,
but
I
got
a
gentleman
out
there
and
he's
got
a
fine
group
of
people
with
him
and
I
apologize.
I
didn't
get
to
catch
anybody's
name,
but
david
moore
from
weekly
county
and
high
asset
for
weekly
county.
Let
me
tell
you,
but
I
appreciate
them
coming
today,.
A
A
The
university
of
tennessee
is
noted,
tennessee's
location
on
the
northern
edge
of
the
cotton
belt,
across
rolling
hills,
creek,
bottoms
and
alluvial
floodplains
commonly
creates
new
management
activities
and
strategies
unique
to
each
individual
field.
This
individually
catered
production
system
speaks
to
the
adaptability
of
cotton
cultivators
and
the
ingenuity
and
resilience
of
tennessee
farmers.
A
However,
amidst
the
ideal
climate
and
customized
treatment
of
crops,
the
boll
weevil
is
the
key
pest
in
cotton
production
because
of
the
insecticides
cotton
producers
used
early
in
the
growing
season.
The
boll
weevil
was
said
to
have
migrated
to
the
u.s
from
mexico
during
the
late
1890s
and
had
infested
all
u.s
cotton
crops
by
the
1920s
by
1950.
A
This
insect
was
estimated
to
cost
u.s
cotton
producers
10
billion
dollars.
I
can't
imagine
what
that
is
in
in
20
22
dollars
in
1978,
the
u.s
government
created
the
boll
weevil
eradication
program,
which
has
been
one
of
the
most
successful
industrial
and
government
partnerships
in
history.
According
to
the
tennessee
department
of
agriculture.
Currently,
there
are
two
ongoing
eradication
programs
taking
place
in
western
and
middle
regions
of
tennessee,
encompassing
25
counties
just
wanted
to
bring
that
information
to
you.
I've
certainly
experienced
some
of
that
eradication
program
around
my
little
farm
in
west
tennessee.
D
A
C
A
I
think
we
have
one
bill
on
notice
today
house
bill
1975
and
we
have
a
request
from
the
sponsor
to
roll
that
one
week.
So
without
objection
we
will
roll
that
to
the
next
calendar,
any
other
business
before
the
committee,
any
announcements
seeing
none
hearing,
none
I'll,
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn.