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May 14, 2001Foundation announces assessment due dates for RPC
The Texas Department of Agriculture has established the 2001 assessment rate, due date and discount date for the Rolling Plains Central Zone of the boll weevil eradication program.
The assessment was set at $10 per land acre, the maximum amount approved by cotton producers in the referendum that established the program.
Bills are scheduled to be mailed to producers on Aug. 8, and the due date for payment is Sept. 7. Producers who pay their assessment by Aug. 23 receive a 2 percent discount.
Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs also approved a recommendation from the zone’s grower steering committee to assess all acres planted in cotton. Their recommendation was reviewed and approved by the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation’s Board of Directors at its last meeting before being forwarded to the commissioner.
The grower steering committee is composed of cotton producers who represent each county and gin point in the zone.
The committee, in a unanimous vote, made the recommendation after a review of the zone’s financial report and an analysis of the cash flow for the zone, said foundation officials. Foundation employees must trap and treat cotton until it is failed, creating substantial expense. Previously, failed cotton was not assessed, producing no revenue despite the expense incurred.
More than 90,000 acres of cotton were planted and failed during the 2000 growing season, costing the zone and producers almost $1 million in revenue.
