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LUBBOCK, TX, March 5, 2013 – Americot, Inc., a leading supplier of premium cotton seed, will have an introductory supply of its first full season maturity NexGen variety, NG 5315 B2RF, in 2013.  This new variety, tested earlier as NGx 0012 B2RF, is well suited for irrigated and dryland productive soils in the full season markets of the Southeast and the Delta.

Americot Southeast Sales Representative Jeff Sandifer says, “This year, choices for a full season maturity variety are slim.  However, we at Americot are excited about NG 5315 B2RF, which is an outstanding full season maturity option that offers excellent yield potential and fiber quality.

“In head to head comparisons of the most planted full season varieties in Southeast OVT trials in 2010, 2011 and 2012, NG 5315 B2RF consistently ranks as a top performer.  It’s an excellent choice for growers looking for a full season maturity variety.”

NG 5315 B2RF, a Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex cotton, features a staple range of 36 – 37, strength 28 – 30 and micronaire 4.4 – 4.8.  The smooth leaf variety also has excellent resistance to bronze wilt, and very good seedling vigor.

Americot, Inc., headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, provides Southeast, Midsouth and Southwest 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.  For more information on NexGen^® brand and Americot^® brand cotton products, call 888.678.7333 or go to www.americot.com.

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LUBBOCK, TX, March 1, 2013 – Americot, Inc., a leading supplier of premium cotton seed, is pleased to announce its Director of Technical Services, Dr. Ken Legé, whose responsibilities will include introducing new traits, coordinating OVT plots with universities, and working with state cotton specialists, growers and consultants from Arizona to the Carolinas.

Americot General Manager Terry Campbell notes that Legé draws deep from extensive multi-level experience across the Cotton Belt.  “We are excited to have Ken on the Americot team,” Campbell says.  “This outstanding agronomist is a former South Carolina Cotton Specialist, and has been heavily involved with the commercial cotton seed business.  He has worked in cotton since 1988 and speaks easily with growers and researchers alike.  Ken’s experience, reputation and energy will be critical as Americot moves to launch a whole set of new products with new technology over the next few years.”

This native of Winnie, Texas earned a Bachelor of Science in Crop Science from Sam Houston State University, and a Masters in Plant Breeding and a Ph.D. in Agronomy from Texas A&M University.  In addition to once serving as the South Carolina Cotton Specialist, he has worked for several cotton seed companies.

“I’m excited to work with a company that’s not only cotton focused, but is also cotton grower focused,” Legé says.  “It’s obvious that Americot is committed to delivering quality products to cotton growers.  In addition to working with growers, I look forward to working with consultants, academics and others to show the Cotton Belt even more what Americot is all about and its excellent  Americot^® brand and NexGen^® brand cotton varieties that offer high yield potential and excellent fiber quality.”

Legé and his wife, Cassie, have two 20-year-old sons, Nicholas and Zachary.  Legé will be based in Americot’s Lubbock, Texas office.

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.  For more information on NexGen^® brand and Americot^® brand cotton products, call 888.678.7333 or go to www.americot.com.

LUBBOCK, TX, September 28, 2012 – Americot, Inc., a leading supplier of cotton seed, has dramatically redesigned its website, www.americot.com, to enable growers, consultants, university researchers, seed dealers and others easy access to comprehensive variety data.

“One of the great things about our new website is that you can instantly access our variety information on your smartphones and iPads, in addition to your laptop and desktop computers,” says Americot Marketing Manager Julie Dingus.  “Say you’re impressed with a neighbor’s Americot or NexGen variety.  You can quickly access our website on your iPhone and pull up the variety’s tech sheet that describes its characteristics.  You also can view its OVT performance data, etc.  Additionally, you can read what growers in your state and region are saying about the variety in our extensive Grower Testimonial page.”

Side elements on almost every website page also provide flexible forums to offer the latest news to viewers.  “For example, during the season, one side element highlighted our agronomic Cotton Field Report, a popular monthly agronomic update on the cotton crop from Texas through the Carolinas,” Dingus says.  “We later used the element to post the dates and locations of our upcoming field days.  Viewers can click a field day’s hot link to pull up a PDF that gives more in-depth information.”

Other helpful information that users can pull from the Americot website is contact information about nearby sales representatives in the Southwest, Midsouth and Southeast.  Additionally, growers can download PDFs of Americot’s Replant Program, Drought Program and Finance Program.  “The whole website is informative and very user friendly—even on the turnrow,” Dingus says.  “It’s an evolving, handy variety tool for cotton growers and others in the industry; we’re constantly adding more features.”

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.  For more information on NexGen^® brand and Americot^® brand cotton products, call 888.678.7333 or go to www.americot.com.

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LUBBOCK, TX, April 9, 2012 – Americot, Inc., a leading supplier of cotton seed, is pleased to release exceptional quality planting seed for the 2012 season.  Americot General Manager Terry Campbell says, “We always provide excellent seed quality, but this year we have exceptional seed quality.  We’re seeing cool germ ratings in the 80s and even in the 90s in some cases.”

This exceptional germination rate has been proven in South Texas in university research and in growers’ fields.  For example, AM 1511 B2RF was rated one of the highest commercial varieties in the Texas A&M University Nueces Monster cotton Variety Trial (MVT) vigor test, conducted by Dan Fromme in Corpus Christi.  The study blindly tested (the researcher did not know what variety he was looking at) 41 varieties and 4 reps.  Ratings are for 7 days after emergence:  1-5 ratings, 1=poor, 5=excellent.  AM 1511 B2RF scored 4.8.

South Texas Americot Sales Representative Kevin Cavanaugh says, “Fromme’s test results shows very good vigor seven days after emergence.  We have high quality seed that is real hot out of the ground and grows off very well.

“Additionally, South Texas growers are amazed at AM 1511 B2RF’s exceptional germination.  One grower was so pleased with the germination of the variety that he called his retailer for the germination test results, which rated a 92 warm germination and a 87 cool germ.  The grower had never seen cotton come up so fast.”

Campbell adds, “2011 was hard on producing a cotton crop but as far as seed production, the dry fall really aided in harvesting quality planting seed.  Bottom line, the seed quality of all the Americot^® brand and NexGen^® brand cotton varieties is very good.  We have seed production in West Texas, South Plains of Texas, and Arizona, and our seed quality is as high as we’ve ever seen it.  All of our germination tests are run by Mississippi State University.”

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.  For more information on NexGen^® brand and Americot^® brand cotton products, call 888.678.7333 or go to www.americot.com.

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LUBBOCK, TX, April 7, 2011 – Americot, Inc., a leading supplier of cotton seed, is pleased to add long-time cotton industry veteran Sales Representative Scott Stockton, who will be responsible for servicing cotton growers, consultants and seed dealers in West Texas.

Americot General Manager Terry Campbell notes that Stockton grew up on a cotton farm and has extensive regional experience working with the cotton industry.  “Stockton has worked many years with West Texas cotton growers through his association with several cotton organizations,” Campbell says.  “He will help increase Americot’s presence even more in West Texas.  He’s already making a difference with his extensive gin and grower contacts.  We’re really excited to have him on the Americot team.”

Stockton grew up on a family farm southwest of Lubbock; his grandfather also farmed cotton south of Abilene.   While he was growing up, Stockton farmed for a grower in Lubbock County.  After graduating from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Agricultural Education and later with Masters in Agricultural Education, he worked for the Texas Department of Agriculture in marketing.  He then worked for the National Cotton Council and later the Plains Cotton Co-Op Association as Director of Field Services.

“I’m thrilled about joining the Americot sales team,” Stockton says.  “Terry Campbell has assembled a team of absolutely top notch cotton people from Texas through the Carolinas.  And their outstanding Americot^® brand and NexGen^® brand cotton varieties offer high yield potential and excellent fiber quality.”

Stockton and his fiancé, Kerrie, have a 17-year-old son, Taylor; a 16-year-old daughter, Bailee; and two 13-year-olds, daughter Reagan and son Hagan.  They will live in a 70-year-old home that they are remodeling just outside of Wolfforth, Texas.

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.  For more information on NexGen^® brand and Americot^® brand cotton products, call 888.678.7333 or go to www.americot.com.

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LUBBOCK, TX, January 26, 2012 – Americot, Inc.’s new cotton variety, AM 1511 B2RF out-yields commonly planted varieties in university variety trials (OVTs) and in growers’ fields.

“In extensive Midsouth OVTs, for example, AM 1511 B2RF outperformed the four most planted cotton varieties by a yield advantage ranging from 40.2 pounds to 101.5 pounds,” says Americot General Manager Terry Campbell.  “In 80 OVT trials, our new variety averaged 1,399 pounds per acre.  We are so excited about this variety that I want 1,000 Midsouth cotton farmers each to plant 10 bags of it.  In addition to the yield advantage, they will see excellent fiber quality, outstanding gin turnout and excellent seedling vigor.

“We’ve seen the same stellar performance in the Southeast OVTs.  In that region, AM 1511 B2RF outperformed the four most planted Southeast cotton varieties by a yield advantage ranging from 66.9 pounds to 219.5 pounds.”

Midsouth and Southeast growers who tried AM 1511 B2RF in 2011 also reported similar on-farm results.  Bishop Whitley, a Craighead County, Arkansas cotton farmer, said AM 1511 B2RF averaged more than 1,500 pounds per acre—and 2011 was a tough year.  And Wes Woodard, who farms near Darlington, South Carolina, said AM 1511 B2RF averaged more than two bales per acre.  He farmed it dryland and feels if he had caught a couple of rains, the variety would have made even more.  Both growers say the Americot variety graded well.

AM 1511 B2RF is a Bollgard II, Roundup Ready Flex variety that features a staple range of 36-37, strength 29-30 and micronaire 4.4-4.8. This medium maturity variety is a medium- to-tall plant and is a semi-smooth leaf cotton. AM 1511 B2RF has excellent seedling vigor and provides proven Fusarium wilt tolerance and moderate Verticillium wilt tolerance.

“Based on AM 1511 B2RF’s outstanding performance in OVT tests the last two years, we have received calls from cotton specialists and consultants across the Cotton Belt wanting to make sure we will have the variety available this year,” Campbell says.  “The answer is, ‘yes.’  We have a good supply for 2012.”

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.  For more information on NexGen^® brand and Americot^® brand cotton products, call 888.678.7333 or go to www.americot.com.

Americot, Inc. Announces East Texas Sales Rep Kevin Cavanaugh

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LUBBOCK, TX, November 5, 2010 – Cotton acreage continues to expand and so does the sales team of Americot, Inc., a leading supplier of cotton seed.  The company is pleased to add long-time cotton industry veteran Sales Representative Kevin Cavanaugh, who will be responsible for servicing cotton growers, consultants and seed dealers in East Texas, including the Brazos Bottoms and the Coastal Bend areas.

Americot General Manager Terry Campbell is excited about adding Cavanaugh, who grew up on a Texas cotton and grain farm, to his sales team.  “Cavanaugh has grown cotton himself and has worked in cotton sales his entire professional career,” Campbell says.  “Over the years, he has developed personal relationships with many growers, consultants, seed dealers and universities throughout East Texas.  We’re very pleased to have him onboard.”

Cavanaugh grew up on a family farm near Granger, Texas, which is in the southern Blacklands.  After graduating from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Entomology, he worked for an East Texas cotton/rice consultant for six years.  He continued working with East Texas and Rio Grande Valley cotton growers, consultants and seed dealers while employed first by Abbott Laboratories, then FMC, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company and Syngenta.

“I’m excited about working with the outstanding Americot sales team and continuing to work with East Texas cotton growers, consultants and seed dealers,” Cavanaugh says.   “I also look forward to providing East Texas growers with high yielding and high fiber quality Americot^®  brand and NexGen^® brand cotton.”

Cavanaugh and his wife, Leslie, have been married 18 years and have a 12-year-old daughter, Shaun, and a 10-year-old daughter, Devin.  They live in Georgetown, Texas.

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.  For more information on NexGen^® brand and Americot^® brand cotton products, call 888.678.7333 or go to www.americot.com.

Americot® and NexGen® are registered trademarks of Americot, Inc.

Americot, Inc. Announces Southeast Sales Rep Jeff Sandifer

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LUBBOCK, TX, September 28, 2010 – Enhancing its presence and customer service in the Southeast, Americot, Inc. is pleased to add Sales Representative Jeff Sandifer, who will be responsible for servicing cotton growers, consultants and seed dealers in Virginia, the Carolinas and south Georgia.

Americot General Manager Terry Campbell is excited about adding Sandifer, who has been around cotton all his life, to his sales team.  “Sandifer has grown cotton himself so he knows personally the technical and field support that growers need and want from their seed rep,” Campbell says.  “He also has worked closely with consultants, seed dealers and university researchers.”

Sandifer grew up on a family farm—primarily a cotton, soybean and corn operation—near Barnwell, South Carolina.  He worked as Farm Manager on the family farm for the last 10 years in addition to being a technical support representative for Agrimar Corporation for the last year.  He graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Mechanization & Business.

“I am excited about the opportunity to work with the Americot team and to service Southeast cotton growers and consultants,” Sandifer says.  “We have seen the high yield potential and excellent fiber quality of Americot^® varieties for several years on our farm in South Carolina.  I’m particularly excited about Americot’s current Southeast high performer, AM 1550 B2RF, as well as the new NexGen^® cotton varieties that will be introduced in the Southeast in 2011.”

Sandifer and his wife, Mindy, have been married eight years and have a six-year-old son, Weston Rhett, and a two-year-old daughter, Rilee.  They live in Barnwell, South Carolina.

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.  For more information on NexGen^® brand and Americot^® brand cotton products, call 888.678.7333 or go to www.americot.com.

Americot® and NexGen® are registered trademarks of Americot, Inc.

Americot, Inc. Announces North Delta Sales Rep Rick Rebstock

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LUBBOCK, TX, September 17, 2010 – In response to more Midsouth cotton acreage being planted to Americot^® brand cotton varieties and the launch of NexGen^® brand varieties in 2011, Americot, Inc. is pleased to add Sales Representative Rick Rebstock, who will be responsible for servicing cotton growers, consultants and seed dealers in the North Mississippi River Delta.

Americot General Manager Terry Campbell is excited about adding this high-caliber cotton veteran to his sales team.  “Rebstock has worked extensively for many years with cotton growers and consultants in the North Delta,” Campbell says.  “He is well-respected by cotton producers and he will help enhance Americot’s presence and customer service in areas including the Missouri Bootheel and West Tennessee.”

Rebstock, a Kennett, Missouri native, worked on a family farm—primarily a cotton and soybean operation—in the Missouri Bootheel for 8 years.  He later worked for Terra International in Blytheville, Arkansas for 12 years, and three cotton seed companies:  Stoneville Pedigreed Seed, Monsanto and Bayer.  His whole professional career in the cotton planting seed business has been spent in the North Delta.  He attended Arkansas State University and Southeast Missouri State University.

“I am extremely excited and blessed to have the opportunity to work with cotton seed sales exclusively again,” Rebstock says.  “I will be able to concentrate my expertise, knowledge and experience with servicing cotton producers, consultants and seed dealers.  I’m also excited about Americot’s current Midsouth high performers, such as AM 1550 B2RF, as well as the new NexGen cotton varieties that will be introduced in the Midsouth in 2011.”

Rebstock and his wife, Carla, have been married 22 years and have two sons, Logan, who graduated from the University of Mississippi and is now attending graduate school at Florida State; and Adron, who is a freshman at the University of Memphis.  They live in Dyersburg, Tennessee.

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.  For more information on NexGen^® brand and Americot^® brand cotton products, call 888.678.7333 or go to www.americot.com.

Americot® and NexGen® are registered trademarks of Americot, Inc.