Dawson County cotton producer Matt Farmer has been re-appointed by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to serve another three-year term on The Cotton Board.A producer member representing the Southern Plains, Farmer currently serves as treasurer of the board.The Cotton Research & Promotion Act established the Cotton Board as a quasi-governmental, non-profit entity to serve as the administrator of the Cotton Research & Promotion Program. Funded by America’s cotton producers and importers through the cotton check-off, the program’s research and promotion activities are conducted worldwide by Cotton Incorporated, the Cotton Board’s sole-source contracting organization, to increase the demand for and improve ...