Ray White is a PhD candidate at Texas Tech University working as a research assistant at Texas A&M AgriLife Research in cropping systems and weed science. His graduate work focuses on managing small-grain cover crops for cotton production systems in the Texas High Plains and developing weed management strategies in minimal-tillage cotton systems. He also works on other projects that determine the efficacies of different herbicides and herbicide programs and in variety trials in a number of crops, including cotton, corn, and sorghum plus other regional crops.