The new upgrade, BoomLoop, integrates with Ag Leader InCommand displays and creates a “streamlined path for product to flow from boom ends and back into the spray tank.”

In October, ​USDA said the average value of U.S. cropland (irrigated and nonirrigated) was $5,460 an acre in 2023--an increase of 8.1% from 2022.

Wielenga will replace Ed Westra - who is retiring after 19 years as general manager and 41 total years with Hull Co-op.

West Texas is the largest cotton production area in the country, but after battling drought and heat, area farmers say the dryland crop is a failure, and the irrigated acres are only yielding half of normal.