Steve Verett, former longtime chief executive officers of Lubbock-based Plains Cotton Growers, was one of two individuals inducted in December to the Cotton Research and Promotion Hall of Fame during a joint Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated annual meeting.After a two-year hiatus, the seventh class of Hall of Fame honorees was formally recognized for their contributions to the program and to the cotton industry during a gala dinner at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, LA.Verett was inducted along with the late Kenneth Hood of Mississippi.Verett, a native of Crosby County, Texas, has firsthand knowledge of the challenges that face ...