Louisiana crop consultant Hank Jones, a perpetual agriculturist, admits to having something close to an obsession with a cotton plant.
“I dabbled in all things ag in Northeast Louisiana,” he says. “However, I always loved spending time in cotton fields looking for insects — although I am nearing the end of the list of those who remember boll weevils and tobacco bollworms. For many of us, getting to work with a crop you are fascinated by and emotionally attached to is just who we are.”