“Regardless of where Ron is located, Texas agriculture looks to him for the reporting of technology, management strategies, regulations and policy implications," says Lacewell.
The Texas Plant Protection Association (TPPA) hosted its 29th annual conference, “Weathering Uncertainties in Texas Agriculture through Science, Technology, and Policy,” Dec. 5-6, at Bryon, Texas. More than 300 people attended the sessions, led by about 50 agricultural industry, Texas AgriLife Extension, and Texas AgriLife Research professionals.
At TPPA's Awards Luncheon, the Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Farm Press Senior Content Director Ron Smith by Dr. Ron Lacewell, association member and Texas A&M AgriLife assistant vice chancellor for federal relations at College Station.
Lacewell says, the award is the association’s most prestigious. “Regardless of where Ron is located, Texas agriculture looks to him for the reporting of technology, management strategies, regulations and policy implications."
The award is named for Dr. Norman Borlaug, the agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called “Father of the Green Revolution,” “Agriculture’s Greatest Spokesperson,” and “The Man Who Saved a Billion Lives.” Borlaug completed his career as a member of the Texas A&M University staff, serving as a distinguished professor of international agriculture.
“At a time when the news media is going through tremendous transition, and in many circumstances situations of providing questionable, accurate reporting, Ron Smith and Southwest Farm Press continues its long legacy of providing timely, accurate information for farmers and ranchers throughout the Delta and Southwest," says Blair Fannin TPPA member and media relations and public affairs staffer for Texas A&M AgriLife Communications. "All in all, Ron Smith’s career achievements fulfill the hallmarks associated with the Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award. I’m sure many a farmer and those throughout the agricultural industry will tip their cap with great gratitude.”
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Farm Press Senior Content Director Ron Smith, center, is awarded the Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award by the Texas Plant Protection Association. He is pictured with TPPA outgoing President Gary Schwarzlose, left, and TPPA founder and Chairman of the Board Ray Smith, right.
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“Smith Brothers” Farm Press Senior Content Director Ron Smith, left, with TPPA founder and board chairman Ray Smith, right, at the 29th Annual TPPA conference in Bryan, Texas.
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TPPA conference presenter Dr. Peter Dotray, Texas Tech University, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Service, left, visits with TPPA members Smith, far right, and Gaylon Morgan, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, back center, and Schwarzlose, back right.
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Smith, left, visits with Barron Rector, the 2006 Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. Rector is best known for his Christmas poem that he shares at the awards luncheon each year.
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TPPA Awards Luncheon
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Industry Award winner, Tony Driver, Syngenta, center, stands with TPPA board members Schwarzlose, left, and Smith, right.
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42 posters designed by graduate and PhD students, industry, staff, a county agent and a visiting scholar from Brazil, line the conference hall at TPPA’s annual meeting.
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Aislinn Walton, West Texas A&M University, places 3rd, receiving $75 for her poster Quantification of Water and Nutrient Use by Invasive Weed Species in Limited Irrigated Corn Production Systems to Optimize Water Use Efficiencies and Economic Returns.
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Dr. Betsy Pierson, TPPA past president, Texas A&M University, center, receives the Academic/Agency Award. She is with TPPA outgoing president Schwarzlose, left, and TPPA founder and board chairman Smith, right.
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Ray Smith Leadership Award winner Dr. Ron Lacewell, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, center, with Schwarzlose, left, and Smith, right.
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Graduate Student Award winner Brady Author, Ralls, Texas, center, with Schwarzlose, left, and Smith, right.
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Outgoing TPPA President Schwarzlose, left, passes the gavel to the association's incoming President Kranthi Mandadi, right.