Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88Between Turnrows • 69 Afterword • World-Class I’ve been around agriculture most of my life. Growing up on a rice and soybean farm and working for neighboring farmers taught me the reality of working in a hot field all day. As an agricultural journalist I have spent a lot of time around successful and driven agri-business professionals. As a minister I have had the honor of being mentored by, and friends with, people of powerful faith in God. That said, I have never seen those disparate areas of life combined like they are in the owners, employees and friends of Armor Seed. When I started this project, the only thing I really knew about Cullum Seeds was Mr. Sherman’s radio tagline of “Cullum Seeds in Fisher and Waldenburg,” and the only thing I knew about Armor Seed was that their brand was on display everywhere I looked! In the writing of this book I interviewed two dozen people and recorded more than 30 hours of audio. I can confidently say that I know as much about Cullum and Armor Seed and their “tribe” as any outsider can. What have I learned? They are “lightning in a bottle.” The business founda- tion that was laid by Sherman and Linda Cullum and built upon by Carl Phipps, Mark Waldrip, Kelly Phipps and the employees of Armor is the strongest I have ever seen. They are not only successful businesspeople, they are world-class human beings. Strengthened by their deep Christian faith and guided by their integrity, they have developed a love for each other, their customers and their community that is unique in my experience. I am proud to say that I am a better businessman and person for having made friends with Mr. and Mrs. Cullum and the folks at Armor Seed. Finally, I want to extend a special thanks to Armor Seed’s Marketing Director, Melissa Powell. Her advice and assistance made my contributions to this effort possible, and I am proud to call her my friend. — Terry Simmons, August 11, 2016 Armor Seed continues to aggresively advocate for agriculture through social media. As of August 31, 2016, Armor has built a following represented by the numbers below: Facebook • 31,007 page likes Twitter • 1,716 followers YouTube • 31,721 views Instagram • 711 followers On April 2, 2013, Armor Corn was spotted in The Wall Street Journal behind featured grower, Jason Smith of Watson, Arkansas.