2015-05-26-8 Texas Farmer in Brescia, Italy
SunBody Hats!. . Glad you are accepting pictures of people in their SunBody hats for the 2015 "How do you SunBody?" Contest. I would like to enter this picture (attached) and the writeup below. . . This is a picture of me in your 4 Inch Brim, Low Crown Cattleman, Guatemalan Palm Hat. This was a retirement gift to me from one of my former PhD students, who at the time was on the staff at Texas A&M. This picture was taken in Brescia Province, Lombardy Region of Italy. I’m in a corn field that is showing damage from larval feeding of the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera. I have been advising the members of a farmer consortium in Brescia Province on ways to manage this insect, which is a native North America insect and was first found in Europe in Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) in 1992 and has since spread across Europe. I’m an Emeritus Professor, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. I grew up in Lubbock and graduated from Texas Tech University before going to the College of Agriculture, Iowa State University for my MS and PhD degrees. My Great Great Great Great Uncle is Davy Crockett and my Great Grandfather, Henry Clay (Hank) Smith (www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsm24), was the first settler in Crosby County in the South Plains of Texas. I have really enjoyed my SunBody hat and it gets better every year. I also have a Golden Gus and love its unique style and feel. I have a picture of my Grandfather wearing a similar styled hat to my Gus, but in felt, on his ranch in New Mexico in the 1920’s. I love the look! Thanks for making such great quality and functional hats! They’re the best!. . Once a Texan, Always a Texan!. . Best regards,. C. Richard Edwards, PhD, BCE, FRES
2015-05-26-8 Texas Farmer in Brescia, Italy
SunBody Hats!. . Glad you are accepting pictures of people in their SunBody hats for the 2015 "How do you SunBody?" Contest. I would like to enter this picture (attached) and the writeup below. . . This is a picture of me in your 4 Inch Brim, Low Crown Cattleman, Guatemalan Palm Hat. This was a retirement gift to me from one of my former PhD students, who at the time was on the staff at Texas A&M. This picture was taken in Brescia Province, Lombardy Region of Italy. I’m in a corn field that is showing damage from larval feeding of the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera. I have been advising the members of a farmer consortium in Brescia Province on ways to manage this insect, which is a native North America insect and was first found in Europe in Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) in 1992 and has since spread across Europe. I’m an Emeritus Professor, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. I grew up in Lubbock and graduated from Texas Tech University before going to the College of Agriculture, Iowa State University for my MS and PhD degrees. My Great Great Great Great Uncle is Davy Crockett and my Great Grandfather, Henry Clay (Hank) Smith (www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsm24), was the first settler in Crosby County in the South Plains of Texas. I have really enjoyed my SunBody hat and it gets better every year. I also have a Golden Gus and love its unique style and feel. I have a picture of my Grandfather wearing a similar styled hat to my Gus, but in felt, on his ranch in New Mexico in the 1920’s. I love the look! Thanks for making such great quality and functional hats! They’re the best!. . Once a Texan, Always a Texan!. . Best regards,. C. Richard Edwards, PhD, BCE, FRES