Jay Hardwick is the 1994 winner of the Cotton Achievement Award. Hardwick, who grows cotton on the Somerset Plantation in Newellton, Louisiana, has an innovative approach to managing labor resources. All full time employees are on the payroll throughout the year and take an active role in planning farm activities. Hardwick is actively engaged in marketing his product. As part owner of the 40,000 bale Newellton Gin, he works continuously to produce the kind of cotton that mills want to buy.