[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 159 (Friday, November 16, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2107]
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                         RECOGNIZING RON VARGAS

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 16, 2001

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ron Vargas for 
receiving the Friends of Agricultural Extension Farm Advisor Award.
  Ron is the Madera County Farm Advisor and County Director. The award 
is to honor his work in the area of Cotton Weed Management. He and his 
fellow investigator, Tulare County Farm Advisor Steve Wright, began a 
research program in 1989 to develop a method to control nightshade 
through the use of methane sodium. The results of their research 
allowed growers to significantly reduce their hand hoeing costs.
  Vargas has done a great deal of research on herbicides. This research 
includes cotton's tolerance to a DuPont broadleaf herbicide and an 
evaluation of Transgenic Herbicide Tolerant cotton varieties. Vargas is 
currently focusing his research on the integration of herbicide 
tolerant cottons, as well as traditional herbicides, into a 
conservation tillage system. His early findings have shown a 
significant cost reduction for cotton farmers. His findings are 
particularly important to the California cotton industry in today's 
economically challenged environment.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulae Ron Vargas for his Farm Advisor Award 
presented by the Friends of Agriculture Extension. I urge my colleagues 
to join me in wishing Ron Vargas many more years of continued success.

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