Mark Scott

2020 Davis College Distinguished Alumni Award

Mark Scott of Slaton, Texas received his bachelor's degree (1978) and master’s degree (1982) in entomology from Texas Tech. Scott started independent crop consulting in 1978, while in graduate school, and co-owned J&M Consulting from 1980 to 1984. In 1985, he established Mark Scott Crop Consulting and Agricultural Research and has been an independent consultant for more than 41 years. Scott aids farmers by showing them how to use advanced integrated pest and crop management practices into their operations, while consulting on cotton, corn, grain sorghum, sunflowers, peas and peanuts in a five-county area south and west of Lubbock. Scott was honored as a Texas Outstanding Agricultural Consultant by the Texas Association of Agricultural Consultants, and as ‘National Cotton Consultant of the Year’ by Cotton Farming magazine (2018). He’s also served on the High Plains Boll Weevil Task Force, and was a West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Institute Board Member.