Ron Harkey, CEO of Farmers Cooperative Compress in Lubbock, was recently named Cooperator of the Year for the Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council.
Harkey’s organization services 52 farmer-owned cotton gins in West Texas. The cotton it processes is shipped all over the world.
Harkey was awarded during a ceremony in mid-March in downtown San Antonio.
He and his wife Donita, have three grown children and five grandchildren.