According to an announcement by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Harrison Ashley is the recipient of the 2022 Mayfield Cotton Engineering award for his superior service to the cotton industry and for his leadership in...
Distractions have become “routine” in our daily lives. Our phones go off, we get text messages and we’re bombarded by the never-ending news cycle. Everything seems to be trying to get our attention, and it’s easy to lose sight...
Elevated seed houses are valuable for short-term seed storage, wet seed storage and gins with limited yard space. Design improvements allow overhead seed houses to be an efficient method for loading trucks from flat-storage houses and gins.
When fully loaded,...
Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau outreach director, sat down with Kelci Morrow Murphree (her niece by marriage) to talk about the cotton ginning link in the cotton supply chain.
Armed with her business management degree from Arizona State University, Kelci...
The Memphis-based National Cotton Ginners Association named its officers for 2022 during the annual meeting in Houston, Texas.
The NCGA’s 2022 officers are: president — George LaCour Jr., Morganza, Louisiana; first vice president — Gene Seale, Pima, Arizona; second vice...
As we discussed a few months ago, inspections from the U.S. Department of Labor were expected to increase during this past ginning season, and it has certainly come to pass. On the Wage and Hour side, there has been...
Tom Stallings of the Funston Gin in Funston, Georgia, is named the 2021 Southeast Cotton Ginner of the Year. The award was presented at the Southern Southeastern Annual Meeting held recently in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Southern Southeastern...
Qualified, available labor is an issue that many industries and businesses across the country are facing. Fortunately for the cotton industry, Texas A&M University has been working to combat this with the agricultural systems management undergraduate degree program.
“As our...
The Cotton Ginning Conference will take place during the 2022 Beltwide Cotton Conferences. Meetings begin at 1:30 p.m. CST Wednesday, Jan. 5, and conclude at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.
This...
We have seen three issues pop up over the past few weeks related to the U.S. Department of Labor. The first one is related to the Wage and Hour Division of DOL. The second two are Occupational Safety and...
Most ginners are part of many organizations. Churches, clubs and service groups are all part of our lives and tend to have seasons. Maybe they are active spring, summer, fall and winter. Or perhaps like your ag organizations, they...
The Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association Summer Internship Program has hosted more than 30 individuals since it began in 2008. The internships give college students a chance to see what cotton ginning may look like as a career path.
TCGA hopes...
In spite of the pandemic, we were able to host a few interns this year. These internships give college students a chance to see what cotton ginning may look like as a career path. Since the inception of the...
Strides have been made, but plastic contamination remains a threat to U.S. cotton’s marketplace competitiveness. Just when we think we have workable methods of handling and removing the yellow and pink premium module wrap, less-expensive and lower-quality versions of...
Elevated seed houses are valuable for short-term seed storage, wet seed storage and gins with limited yard space. Design improvements allow overhead seed houses to be an efficient method for loading trucks from flat-storage houses and gins. When fully...
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