FCSSW Chair Carl Weiler Wins CALS Lifetime Achievement Award

Take a farmer with a passion for helping people. Mix in a zeal for business along with a talent for leadership and you have a winning formula. You also have Carl Weiler, Chairman of Farm Credit Services Southwest.

Carl is a recipient of the 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award given by The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the CALS Alumni Council. Chairman of the Farm Credit Services Southwest Board of Directors and a Phoenix, Ariz. cotton farmer, Carl was honored at an April 16 ceremony in Tucson along with five other Lifetime Achievement winners.

“I am very honored to receive this award, particularly as an alumnus of the university,” says Carl of his honor.

About 20 years ago, the university first recognized Carl’s contributions to agriculture with its Distinguished Citizen Award. Since that time, he has served Arizona agriculture in many ways, such as president of the Arizona Cotton Growers Association; chairman of the American Cotton Producers; chairman of the Western Farm Credit District Stockholders’ Steering Committee; and director of the Salt River Project.

In addition, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture appointed Carl to the Cost of Production Standards Review Committee, which has oversight on the Farm Bill. Carl was a member of that committee for four years and was then appointed chairman for four additional years.

Regarding his achievements, Carl says, “Perhaps I am most proud of my work with the Salt River Project and on the Farm Credit Services Southwest Board, because both organizations help a lot of farmers in our area.”

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