Acadiana Brown Cotton grower Jerry Hale is named King Cotton

By: TONY MARKS Editor Jerry Neil Hale, of Acadian Brown Cotton, was selected to represent the Louisiana Cotton Festival as King Cotton, following LSUE head baseball coach Jeff Willis. “As a fourth generation cotton planter,” Hale said, “it’s quite an honor because I feel like I am honoring my ancestors and many other people in Louisiana who would grow cotton as a cash crop. Most of them grew …