Who We Are
The Oklahoma Cotton Council is funded by growers to promote the production and profitability of cotton through research, advocacy, and education.
2022 Oklahoma Gin Book
Purpose and Objectives
- To promote and protect the interests of the Oklahoma cotton industry
- To foster improvement of the conditions under which Oklahoma cotton and its products are produced, processed, and sold
- To encourage standardization and improvement in the quality of cotton and its by-products
- To cooperate with established organizations in the cotton industry, and general agricultural organizations in the United States and in any foreign country, in finding and pursuing reasonable and appropriate approaches to problems of mutual interest
- To cooperate with all departments and agencies of State and Federal governments charged with any responsibilities relating to cotton and its products, and to prices and regulatory measures, so long as such measures are in the best interest of the cotton industry
- To provide additional medium of information on the probable effects of these policies on conditions under which cotton and its products are produced, processed, and soil in the United States and in foreign countries
- To do all things that may seem reasonable and appropriate for improving the conditions under which Oklahoma cotton and its products are produced, processed, and sold for promoting the welfare and protecting the interests of the Oklahoma cotton industry provided, however, that this council will not engage in the business of buying or selling cotton or its products
Board of Directors
Harvey Schroeder
Executive Director
809 Willard
Frederick, Oklahoma
(580) 335-1130
schroederh@pldi.net
Phil Bohl
Chairman
Chatanooga, Oklahoma
Mark Nichols
Vice Chair
Altus, Oklahoma
Steven Clay
Secretary | Treasurer
Carnegie, Oklahoma
Clint Abernathy
Altus, Oklahoma
Jantz Baine
Humphreys
Jeanie Hileman
Western Planters
Robert Luttmer
Canute, Oklahoma
Collin McKinley
Frederick, OK
Brandon Varner
CHS, Inc
Joe Gribble
PCOM | Altus, OK
Jay Cowart
PCCA | Altus, OK
Charity Martin
Executive & Director of Member Services