Tyler Hydrick

Arkansas Consultant|Ag Assistance, LLC

2024 Abstract - COTTON: ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED: In an uncertain time anywhere you look, Tyler Hydrick, a “get to the point” cotton consultant based in Northeast Arkansas, will give his take on the ever-changing terrain that is the modern cotton industry. Extreme seed costs, variety & selection concerns, prices going south as the cost of production continues to go north, outside money flooding into the industry…all these and more will be covered during his presentation. Hydrick will also speak about his disdain for environmental groups and the burdensome shadow they and the Federal Government casts over the efforts of every producer to make ends meet. He will be joined by Dr. Tom Barber, an expert on weed science for the University of Arkansas Extension Office in Lonoke, Arkansas. He is in his 6th year as a Certified Crop Advisor, consulting for Hydrick’s Crop Consulting of Jonesboro, Ark. This business covers the northeastern corner of Arkansas. Prior to this, he has been an employee at HCC since age 15. In 2014 he graduated from the University of the Ozarks with a B.S. in biology. In August 2017 he graduated from Mississippi State University under the advisement of Dr. Jason Bond with a Masters in weed science. He now consults on roughly 30,000 acres of corn, soybeans, rice and cotton while assisting his father, David, on other acreage as well.