[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 73 (Thursday, May 24, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5609-S5610]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNITION OF MR. KENNETH HOOD

 Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, today Mr. Kenneth Hood of 
Gunnison, MS, will conclude his term as President of Delta Council.
  Delta Council is an economic development organization representing 
eighteen counties of Northwest Mississippi. Organized in 1935, Delta 
Council brings together the agricultural, business, and professional 
leadership of the area to solve common problems and promote the 
economic development of the Mississippi Delta region.
  As President of Delta Council, Mr. Hood has been an articulate 
spokesman and leader in the effort to define an effective agriculture 
policy, and to confront the needs for better schools, water resources, 
and transportation.
  Kenneth Hood has been committed to Mississippi agriculture since he 
first began farming in 1960. He is president of Hood Gin Company and 
Chief Executive Officer of Perthshire Farms, a family farm operation. 
He is also president of Hood Equipment Company, an agricultural and 
construction equipment dealer located in Batesville and Bruce, MS.
  Mr. Hood has served also as the President of the Mississippi and 
National Association of Farmer Elected

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Committeemen, a member of the Board of Directors of Staplcotn, a 
founding director of Delta Wildlife, a past chairman of the National 
and Southern Cotton Ginners Association, and Chairman of the 
Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation. He has recently been 
chosen as the new Chairman of the National Cotton Council. I am 
confident that Mr. Hood will be an important source of information and 
advice for Congress as we draft a new farm bill.

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