Biting the Hand that Feeds Us | Cotton Rohrscheib | TEDxMarkhamSt

Entrepreneur and third generation farmer, Cotton Rohrscheib, discusses the adversities faced by farmers throughout history and examines the challenges faced today by farmers in their efforts to feed the world.

Cotton Rohrscheib is the CEO of Rohrscheib Capital Partners. Over the past 20 years he has been associated with numerous projects in the IT, Healthcare, and Agriculture industries. Born a serial entrepreneur, Cotton has personally been involved in several startups, product launches, and brand acquisitions during his career and has consulted on hundreds of projects for clients around the world. Having grown up on his family’s farm in Eastern Arkansas, he is very familiar with farm management and traditional row crop production. His family has also been involved in beef & cattle production for 3 generations and has numerous operations around the state.

Cotton’s passion has always been to introduce emerging technologies into agriculture to create solutions that not only assist in farm management but also increase production, profitability, and sustainability.