Steve Verett and Kody Bessent with Plains Cotton Growers and Tom Sell and Matt Huie with Southwest Council of Agribusiness joined representatives from Texas Farm Bureau, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, and Texas Cattle Feeders Association for a roundtable discussion with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Senator John Cornyn near Austin on Thursday. They communicated gratitude for assistance received via the CARES Act and other programs, and also the challenges growers are facing, highlighting the need for continued assistance going forward, especially with the pandemic significantly affecting demand and subsequently, market prices. “We appreciate the op-portunity to ...