Farming Video | Matt Miles Wins Cotton Challenge in His Own Backyard

12 Oct 251m 49s

In this year's head-to-head cotton challenge, Matt Miles went up against Kelly Garrett and Kevin Matthews with redemption on the line. After losing last year’s corn challenge at home, Matt came in with a game plan—and it paid off. Each farmer had the same budget and inputs, but applied them in different ways. Kelly leaned into micros, Kevin favored macros, and Matt balanced both. The result? A narrow win over Kelly by just 10 pounds and a strong lead over Kevin. Matt walks us through the competition and the satisfaction of pulling in one of his best cotton crops to date.

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00:00:00 Alright guys. So the day of reckoning has finally came. Um, last year we did our agri liquid challenge flights and I had a guy from Iowa come down here in my backyard 00:00:10 and kick my butt in corn. And I thought, you know, I had a few things go wrong in my plot that he didn't, he's from Iowa, 00:00:18 he should beat me in corn. Should he beat me in my backyard? Maybe not so much. But anyway, he did. 00:00:24 So this year, same challenge, flight, different crop, added another competitor. So this year was the guy from Iowa. 00:00:32 In case you don't know, that's Kelly Garrett, the guy from North Carolina, Kevin Matthews, and me again in my backyard. 00:00:39 The difference is we were growing cotton. I knew that after last year and the ripping I got from losing the corn on my backyard, 00:00:46 that there's no way I needed to lose this cotton plot. Little did I know, I don't have any control of this. All of us had the same portfolio products, the same amount 00:00:55 of money to spend. We just did things a little different, a little bit of timing different. 00:00:59 So I put four applications out. Kelly put four applications out. Kevin put two applications out. 00:01:05 So we all did something a little different. Kelly went with more micros, Kevin went with more macros, and I kind of had a blend of the blend of the two. 00:01:13 Thankfully I won the plot. Now what I don't wanna tell you is I only won the plot by 10 pounds against the guy from Iowa again, 00:01:22 but the guy from North Carolina who should know a little bit about cotton, I beat him by over 70 pounds. 00:01:28 So all in all, the plot went great. Uh, we're picking some of the best cotton we've ever picked in our life this year, which Lord knows we needed it 00:01:36 with the, with the prices where they are. So we had a great time doing this. 00:01:40.425 --> 00:01:43.645