Bill Text: TX HR2538 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Williams Family Farms on its receipt of the 2023 High Cotton Award for the Southwest.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2538 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2538-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2538 |
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WHEREAS, Williams Family Farms was named the 2023 High Cotton | ||
Award winner for the Southwest by Farm Press and the Cotton | ||
Foundation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Established in 1995, the High Cotton Awards | ||
recognize outstanding cotton producers across the country who use | ||
regenerative and sustainable practices and who demonstrate genuine | ||
concern for the environment through the dedicated stewardship of | ||
their land; and | ||
WHEREAS, Williams Family Farms is a family operation that | ||
includes Mark and Joyce Williams and their three sons, Ryan and his | ||
wife, Annie, Russell and his wife, Julie, and Reagan; the family has | ||
grown cotton near Farwell for four generations, and within the last | ||
decade, the Williamses have expanded their operation 150 miles | ||
north to Dalhart, where they currently produce cotton, corn, wheat, | ||
and sorghum on roughly 18,000 acres; and | ||
WHEREAS, Recognized for its high quality cotton and | ||
consistent yields, Williams Family Farms emphasizes the importance | ||
of water, timeliness, and variety in its production process; the | ||
Williamses are currently converting their irrigated acres from | ||
30-inch rows to 40-inch rows in order to help conserve moisture and | ||
manage irrigation, and they rotate and halve fields depending on | ||
water availability; in addition, they employ a no-till cotton | ||
production method on most of their farmland, take soil samples, | ||
fertilize primarily with manure, and participate in field trials; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Williams Family Farms has achieved noteworthy | ||
success within its industry, and this prestigious accolade is a | ||
testament to the family's enduring commitment to cotton production | ||
and to the environment as a whole; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Williams Family Farms on its | ||
receipt of the 2023 High Cotton Award for the Southwest and extend | ||
to the members of the Williams family sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Williams family as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Smithee | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2538 was adopted by the House on May | ||
29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||