Learning Lessons From The Past
Lia Guthrie
Early indications are that cotton acreage will increase throughout the Cotton Belt. Our marketing cooperative friends tell us that they have signed more acres for 2010 than they sold in 2009. And with the past years heavy on corn, cotton is now being considered the crop of choice for 2010.
My father made the decision to rebuild on the very site where the explosion occurred…right on the edge of a cotton field. While I continue to find fragments of the "old house" in the field behind their current home, I feel no shame or pain. Instead, it usually provokes a smile and a quiet laugh. Maybe it is because we all survived. Maybe it's having 45 years to reflect on the changes it has made in our lives.
As we begin a new decade in 2010, may we remember the benchmarks of our past, including the 2009 season. But more importantly, may we remember that time makes the scars less noticeable, and these events provide us some lessons learned and advice to leave to the next generation.
source : cottonfarming
Lia Guthrie
Early indications are that cotton acreage will increase throughout the Cotton Belt. Our marketing cooperative friends tell us that they have signed more acres for 2010 than they sold in 2009. And with the past years heavy on corn, cotton is now being considered the crop of choice for 2010.
My father made the decision to rebuild on the very site where the explosion occurred…right on the edge of a cotton field. While I continue to find fragments of the "old house" in the field behind their current home, I feel no shame or pain. Instead, it usually provokes a smile and a quiet laugh. Maybe it is because we all survived. Maybe it's having 45 years to reflect on the changes it has made in our lives.
As we begin a new decade in 2010, may we remember the benchmarks of our past, including the 2009 season. But more importantly, may we remember that time makes the scars less noticeable, and these events provide us some lessons learned and advice to leave to the next generation.
source : cottonfarming
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