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TCGA ANNUAL MEETING AND TRADE SHOW | | APRIL 5-6, 2018 | | LUBBOCK, TEXAS

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TCGA Annual Meeting and Trade Show Schedule of Events

Monday, April 2 Southwest Cotton Ginners School USDA-ARS South Plains Ginning Lab

Tuesday, April 3 Southwest Cotton Ginners School USDA-ARS South Plains Ginning Lab

Wednesday, April 4 TCGA Golf Tournament Meadowbrook Golf Course Southwest Cotton Ginners School USDA-ARS South Plains Ginning Lab

Thursday, April 5

Spouses Event - “Creating Floral Arrangements for Parties and Holidays” Presented by The Fig & Flower Co., Accompanied with Light Hors D’oeuvres and Beverages 2-3 p.m.

Civic Center, Terrace Suite

Convention Lunch - Cafeteria Style 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Southwest Corner of Pedestrian Mall Exhibit Area

Taste of Lubbock Party for all Show Attendees 4:30-6 p.m.

Civic Center, Banquet Hall

Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust Annual Meeting 2:30-4 p.m.

Civic Center, Banquet Hall

Friday, April 6 TCGA Board of Directors Meeting 6:30-8:30 a.m.

Overton Hotel and Conference Center, Sunset C Ballroom

TCGA’s 111th Cotton Trade Show 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Lubbock Memorial Civic Center • Show Registration, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., North Entrance • Purchase Tickets at Show Registration for Friday’s TCGA Awards Dinner • Gin Owners and Managers Register for $100 Hourly Drawing and $500 Awards Dinner Drawing

Breakfast for Directors’ and Past Presidents’ Spouses 8:30-10 a.m.

Overton Hotel and Conference Center, Canyon Room

Official Show Opening 9 a.m.

Civic Center, North Entrance

TCGA’s 111th Cotton Trade Show 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Show Registration, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., North Entrance Purchase Tickets at Show Registration for Today’s TCGA Awards Dinner Gin Owners and Managers Register for $100 Hourly Drawing and $500 Awards Dinner Drawing

TCGA Domino Tournament 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Civic Center, Room 104 Convention Lunch - Cafeteria Style 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Southwest Corner of Pedestrian Mall Exhibit Area TCGA Executive Committee Meeting (Committee members only) Noon to 2 p.m.

Civic Center, Room 102

Plains Cotton Growers Annual Meeting Registration, 8:30 a.m.

Meeting 9 a.m. to noon Civic Center, Banquet Hall

TCGA Life Member Luncheon Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Civic Center, Room 102

TCGA Awards Dinner & Vegas Night Celebration Overton Hotel and Conference Center, Sunset B Ballroom 6:30 p.m. Reception 7 p.m. Awards Dinner Ticket Required (May be purchased at show registration) Scott Hilburn, TCGA President, presiding Presentation of Awards Golf Tournament Domino Tournament Life Member Texas Ginner of the Year Announcement of New Officers and Executive Committee $500 Cash Drawing for Gin Owners and Managers (must be present to win) Vegas Night Celebration – Including Casino, Prizes and Entertainment Everyone is invited to the Vegas Night Celebration following the TCGA Awards Dinner (no ticket required) 8:45–11 p.m.

Overton Hotel and Conference Center, Sunset A Ballroom

Capital Farm Credit and Atmos Energy Corp. will sponsor coffee and doughnuts near the registration area Thursday and Friday at 9 a.m.

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“As we approach the 2018 growing season, the prospects of another good cotton crop in Texas are hanging in the balance with Mother Nature.”

ello, everyone! It is with a new production record for Texas in sight that I welcome you to the 111th Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association Annual Meeting and Cotton Trade Show. The officers, executive committee, board of directors and staff hope you enjoy it. Please let us know if we can do anything for you while you are in Lubbock attending our event.

We still have members working towards completing the ginning season as we gather for our Annual Meeting and Cotton Trade Show. We hope they will finish soon, and when they do we should end up with over 9 million bales ginned, setting a record for Texas. It has not been easy getting to the new record with challenges such as Hurricane Harvey on the coast and a cool and wet August in West Texas, followed by an early freeze that produced low-mic cotton.

But through those challenges, our industry and members will prevail to best our prior record from 2005. Since we will have a new milestone, we chose the theme, “Texas — Where King Cotton Reigns,” for this year’s show. Though Texas has long been the nation’s leading cotton-producing state, and cotton the leading crop grown in the state, the crop this past year seemed worthy of bragging on in terms of volume, so we are doing so.

As we approach the 2018 growing season, the prospects of another good cotton crop in Texas are hanging in the balance with Mother Nature. The areas where planting has begun and is ongoing are in decent shape as far as moisture to get the crop up and growing. Now they just need good conditions moving forward.

However, most areas are in a drought in West Texas, and some even extreme drought, so rain for spring planting is desperately needed.

The predictions are calling for an increase in Texas cotton acres, so we have the potential for another good year if we can get some help from Mother Nature. With the opportunity for another large crop, we have to be prepared to process and handle it, so be sure you are making good plans for the upcoming ginning season.

The TCGA show is your chance to prepare for what we all hope will be another record-setting year. It provides an opportunity for ginners to see and experience the latest technology available today in machinery, equipment, products and services to help them be as efficient as possible.

As many ginners are looking for ways to fully automate processing cotton to reduce labor costs or the hassle of finding sufficient labor, exhibitors at our show can help with this task. They are here to assist gins in reducing or controlling costs, which leads to profitability. Texas-based companies lead in the development of many of the new technologies for the ginning industry, and most of them will be at our show ready to inform you of what they can do for your business.

I encourage you to make the most of this opportunity by attending our event and seeing what the exhibitors have to offer. They incur significant expense and time to bring their products and services to our show, so be sure to give your support by stopping by their booths.

I am optimistic about 2018 and believe we have a chance to produce another record-setting crop. So let’s get started by coming to the TCGA Annual Meeting and Trade Show and visiting with our exhibitors. Welcome to Lubbock.

Tony Williams

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President’s Message

W Scott Hilburn President Bio/Career • Owner of Farmers Gin in Palacios, Texas • TCGA board member • Previously served as TCGA secretary and vice president • Average capacity at Farmers Gin is 50,000 bales • Third-generation ginner • Resident of Lubbock, Texas • Wife Dawna, daughter Maggie, son Taylor

hat a tumultuous year it was for Scott Hilburn’s term as president of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association. Who could have predicted the low point, a catastrophic hurricane, or the high point this spring when cotton was restored to the Title 1 ARC/PLC programs of the Farm Bill through the passage of the supplemental disaster bill? Despite the roller-coaster year, Hilburn knows the TCGA was there for ginners, and producers as well, with support and programs to help keep the industry humming along.

“A lot of what TCGA does for ginners in the association is assists them with permitting, whether it is with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor regulations or new trucking regulations,” says Hilburn, a third-generation ginner and owner of Farmers Gin in Palacios, Texas. “We know that some gins are increasing capacity and being able to count on the TCGA for assistance is invaluable.”

Regulations are a challenge for all of agriculture, but the cotton industry was able to score a victory in Congress that will usher in stability and certainty. Included in the supple-

mental disaster bill was a policy that restored eligibility for cotton in the Title I ARC/PLC programs of the Farm Bill.

“Having made policy progress, we hope to maintain this viable program for cotton in the Farm Bill and keep up the progress we’ve made,” Hilburn says.

Regulations and cotton policy are issues gins and their producers must deal with regularly, but the biggest challenge for 2017 was Hurricane Harvey. Again, TCGA was there for their members.

“What really paid off this year was the TCGA’s hurricane insurance for cotton producers,” Hilburn says. “Given the tremendous damage we had with Harvey, being able to count on this insurance pulled some growers through for the year and kept them going.”

For 2018, Hilburn, whose grandfather, C.E. Hilburn, brought some of the first gins into the West Texas area during the Depression, says he is looking forward to a good year.

“It is very dry in West Texas, which has had no rain since September, and we are desperately in need of moisture.” The TCGA can help with most problems ginners’ face, but for this one, Hilburn says, “Pray for rain.”

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Incoming President’s Message

I Larry Black Incoming President Bio/Career • Manager, Central Rolling Plains Co-op, Roscoe, Texas • In ginning since 1981 • Became gin manager in 1986 • Married to Cynthia in 1985 • Two children: Alyssa Betts of Olney, Texas, and husband Kade; Madison Black of Wichita Falls, Texas • Two grandsons: Kameron and Brayson • Chairman, Nolan County Groundwater District

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ncoming President Larry Black, who says ginning is all he has ever wanted to do, is looking forward to leading TCGA in the coming year.

“The association is hitting on all cylinders,” says Black, manager of Central Rolling Plains Co-op in Roscoe, Texas. “That is to say I feel that all our needs are being met.

“Tony, Kelley and Aaron, TCGA staff, are always a phone call away with a response to whatever concern a ginner may have. Having them readily available as a resource is comforting from a manager’s position,” he says.

What gin manager’s face is a veritable alphabet soup of regulatory agencies.

“Whether it is from the Department of Labor, OSHA, FDA, EPA or Wage and Hour, to air permits, TCGA is a great association to have on your side,” Black says. The association also provides education for members on everything from gin safety to crop quality.

Black hopes the TCGA can continue to work with OSHA and the Department of Labor to resolve issues with new regulations, which he says would be a win for everyone.

He also says the ginning cost survey is a useful tool for comparing your gin to others

across the state.

Black says some of the challenges facing the ginning industry are plastic contamination and labor.

“The United States has a reputation for having clean cotton, and the plastic wrap film for the round modules, while not being the only plastic contaminant, has certainly brought this issue to the front burner,” he says.

“Finding labor that is willing to work the hours necessary is also very difficult, especially this season with some gins operating much longer than usual. Labor continues to be an issue that is weighing on everyone’s minds.”

Like many others, Black is grateful that cotton has gotten back into Title 1 of the Farm Bill.

“This will provide a much-needed safety net for our producers, but it is vital that it stays in the Farm Bill,” he says. “The recently announced ginning cost-share program will be of great assistance also.”

Black says that optimism going into 2018 is because markets are strong right now, both export and futures. “But it is also a guarded optimism because of the drought conditions that exist in West Texas.”

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Ginner Of The Year

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s one of the oldest cotton organizations in the United States, the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association has a long history of representing the cotton ginning industry throughout Texas and the United States. The TCGA, whose membership processes a majority of the state’s cotton, works hard to maintain the economic vitality and security of the industry in Texas. It is down in the southern part of the state, in the Rio Grande Valley’s Willacy County, where you will find this year’s TCGA Ginner of the Year, Garry White, manager of Willamar Operating LP. Many Years’ Experience Willamar Operating is owned by Regan and Stormie Stone. The company consists of a cotton gin and grain elevator in Raymondville, the county seat of Willacy, and another grain elevator to the south in Sebastian, Texas.

White became manager of Willamar in 1986, but he grew up and got his start in Oklahoma.

“I graduated from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and went to work at a grain elevator,” he says.

After two years, he moved to a co-op gin and grain elevator in Quanah, Texas, for seven years until the move to Willacy County and Willamar, where he’s been for more than 30 years.

Willamar serves farmers in the areas of Willacy and Cameron counties, which together with Starr and Hidalgo counties, make up the area known as the Rio Grande Valley. The area is known for its long agricultural history of both row crops and livestock and also for oil wells. White says the cotton they gin is 95 percent dryland from the subtropical region that averages a yearly rainfall of 27 inches.

“In 2017, we had a lot of dry areas and probably had 2,000 to 3,000 acres that were never harvested. Overall, we

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ginned 42,000 bales, and the quality of that was good,” he says.

A Great Team White says Willamar typically gins about 45,000 bales.

“In a normal year, grain harvest will start about June 1, and then cotton harvest about mid-July,” White says.

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by September.

“We start early and we finish early,” he says.

Although it varies from year to year, White says they gin cotton for approximately 20 growers in the area. To do that, he counts on a good group of employees in season and out.

“Most of our employees have been with the gin more than 15 years,” he says. “For our crew at harvest, we usually get back about 75 percent of the same people. We don’t change a whole lot of faces every year.”

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TCGA Staff Tony Williams Executive Vice President Heading the TCGA office in Austin is Tony Williams, executive vice president. He manages the association’s activities, is responsible for its financial operations, and works with the Legislature and governmental agencies to provide a ginner’s point of view when it comes to legislation and regulations. He also serves as the organization’s representative at many other state and national industry meetings during the year.

J. Kelley Green Director of Technical Services J. Kelley Green serves as the director of technical services. He assists ginners in complying with regulations and works with the Texas Commission of Environment Quality on permits and regulations relating to gins. He also serves as TCGA’s expert in rate cases before the Public Utility Commission and manages the association’s electric aggregation program, which contracts for the purchase of electricity in the de-regulated market.

TCGA staff: Tony Williams, left, Aaron Nelsen and J. Kelley Green

Aaron Nelsen Special Projects and Communications Manager Aaron Nelsen serves as special projects and communications manager. He oversees and manages the contract with TCP and the TSSC. Nelsen organizes statewide safety seminars each year and updates members on various environmental, safety and regulatory issues. He also is responsible for the association’s monthly newsletter, manages the website and oversees updating the Redbook member directory each year.

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Continued from page TX8 Willamar’s gin went through a rebuilding in 2004 to help modernize the plant and process.

“We started with a 3-128 Lummus saw gin and went to a 4-158 Lummus saw gin,” White says.

Appreciative Of TCGA’s Leadership White says it is an honor to be named as TCGA Ginner of the Year, although he is a little reluctant to think he is deserving of the accolade. However, when it comes to talking about what TCGA does for their members, he has nothing but appreciation for their leadership efforts.

“One of the best ways TCGA represents their members is through their work on legislation and the regulatory front,” he says.

TCGA prides itself on being proactive on the issues that matter to cotton ginners and all of agriculture. The organization provides leadership in both the state capital in Austin, and on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. “They work hard when it comes to trucking rules, air pollution regulations and helping gins deal with power rates,” he says. “Just about any problem you have, you can go to them and they will help you out.”

TCGA can always be found in the forefront on any number of legislative and regulatory issues and works hard to confront the many issues facing the industry.

Beyond The Gin White is a member of the TCGA Board of Directors. He is also secretary of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Ginners Association and a director on the South Texas Country Elevator Association.

His wife, Sonia, is a physical education teacher and track coach, and daughter Danielle is about to finish college at Texas A&M. “It is kind of hard for a transplanted Okie to have one at A&M,” White quips with a chuckle.

While his wife helps out at the gin during the season, White says it is pretty difficult to get his daughter to stop her busy college life to lend a hand, though she has at times. He also has a few cows that keep him busy on the home front.

At the TCGA Annual Meeting and Trade Show in April, White will be recognized on Friday evening at the TCGA Awards Dinner and Vegas Night Celebration.

Congratulations to Garry White, TCGA Ginner of the Year.

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Garry White • Manager of Willamar Operating LP, Raymondville, Texas • Willamar Operating: a gin and grain elevator, plus an elevator in Sebastian, Texas • Graduated from Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma • Worked at a grain elevator in Oklahoma after college for two years • Worked for a co-op gin and grain elevator, Quanah, Texas, for seven years • Became manager of Willamar in 1986 • Willamar usually gins 45,000 bales a year

• The gin serves farmers in Willacy and Cameron counties • Cotton is about 95 percent dryland • Serves on the Board of Directors of TCGA • Secretary of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Ginners Association • Director for the South Texas Country Elevator Association • Wife Sonia is a physical education teacher and track coach • Daughter Danielle is about to graduate from Texas A&M

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Advanced Graphix................................. 269 Advanced Sensing & Controls...............247 AEG Petroleum LLC.............................. 284 AFLAC/Gary Marr Insurance................ 228 Ag Resource Management................... 285 Ag Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Co. and AG-PRO Insurance Services......... 232 Agriculture Precision Supply................ 281 Agrijewelry.com..................................... 203 AKE Safety Equipment.......................... 205 Allied Compliance Services Inc............ 278 Americot Inc...................................282-283 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co........................211 Associated Supply Co. Inc................ 10-11 Atmos Energy Corp............................... 243 Autauga Quality Cotton Association.... 245 B C Supply.............................77-79, 98-100 Bajaj ConEagle LLC........................... 14-15 Bayer CropScience............................20-21 Bayer CropScience............................ 41-42 Bayer Museum of Agriculture................218 Bertrem Valve........................................ 262 Brandon & Clark Inc...............................2-3 Brownfield Seed & Delinting..................215 Browning Seed...................................... 242 C & M Baling Systems Inc......................6-9 CALCOT..................................................214 Cape & Son.............................................. 28 Caprock Metal Works.................... 140-141 Cherokee Fabrication.........................56-61 Cliff Granberry Corp.............................. 144 CM Material Handling Inc....................... 26 Compass Systems and Sales LLC................................279-280 Connexus Industries Inc....................... 236 Cotton Board......................................39-40 Cotton Chair - Texas A&M University.. 235 Cougar Cleaning Equipment................ 238 CrustBuster............................................ 220 D & S Machine....................................... 224 Deeco Hose & Belting........................... 249 Designs In Thread................................. 248 Diamond E............................................. 270 Dow AgroSciences LLC.................286-287 Drexel Chemical Co............................... 250 DSV........................................................ 267 Eco-Drip Irrigation Systems Inc............ 225

Ennis Tag and Label................................ 90 EnvironX Solutions.........................259-260 Equity Exchange C/O Equity Energy.... 237 EWR Inc................................................. 265 Express Scale Services........................ 261 From Farm to Photo.............................. 246 FSA Texas State Office......................... 244 Fuel Masters LLC.................................. 231 GISC........................................................210 Goetz Fibers L.P.....................................101 Henry’s Parts & Service........................ 223 Hi Plains Electric Motor Repair...... 106-107 Hi-Plains Bag & Bagging Inc.............. 31-33 Humphrey Coker Seed Co............. 108-109 Hydraulic Shop LLC...........................49-50 Indeco Products Inc.......................201-202 Insurance Coverage of Texas............... 254 INTL FCStone.........................................251 J Welch Farms....................................... 257 Jake Montoya Insurance....................... 263 John Deere Co.................................114-118 Jones Enterprises.................................. 258 KEITH Mfg. Co.................................... 74-76 Kenneth Wyatt Galleries....................... 204 KFLP Radio............................................ 272 Kimbell Gin Machinery Co.................62-65 Kinlau Sheet Metal Works Inc............94-95 KS Supplies .......................................... 253 Litco Services.......................................... 27 Lone Star Bearing Inc........................29-30 Lowery Distributing Systems................ 233 LP Brown Co...................................119-123 Lubbock Bolt & Supply “The Bolt Bin”.........................................142 Lubbock Electric Co...........................43-45 Lummus Corp.................................... 80-88 M.B. McKee Co. Inc....................... 138-139 McWhorter’s.......................................... 208 Milliman Inc............................................ 256 Module Truck Systems...................... 67-73 NACHURS............................................. 264 NASS/USDA/FAO................................. 268 National Cotton Council.......................... 37 Netafim USA.......................................... 221 Northern/Lucus Machine Inc............. 12-13 Olam Cotton.......................................... 289 One Grower Publishing......................... 292

Cotton Farming wishes to thank all of the Show Program advertisers for contributing to the TCGA scholarship program: Advanced Sensing & Controls Americot Inc. Autauga/Choice Cotton Association Bayer FiberMax BC Supply C&M Baling Systems Inc. CALCOT Cliff Granberry Corp.

Express Scale Services Hi-Plains Bag & Bagging Inc. Hurst Farm Supply Inc.

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Plains Cotton Growers Inc. Rusty’s Weigh Scales & Service Inc. Samuel Jackson Inc. Stover Equipment Co. Inc. Texas Ag Coop Trust Texas Agribusiness Insurance Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust Texas Cotton Gin Museum The Cotton Board TJ Beall Co.

Phytech.................................................. 252 Pickup Pals..................................... 104-105 Plains Cotton Cooperative Association..................................... 273-274 Plains Cotton Growers Inc.....................212 Polychem Plastic Strapping...........226-227 Precision Gin Works...............................110 Quality Liquid Feeds Inc....................... 288 RAM Manufacturing Co.................. 112-113 Rusty’s Weigh Scales & Service Inc...................................... 124-126 Samuel Jackson Inc........................... 51-55 Samuel Strapping Systems............... 16-19 SBCotton................................................241 Scarborough Specialties Inc................ 209 Schaeffer Manufacturing Co.................. 34 Scott Land Co. LLC................................216 Seed Source Genetics.......................... 222 Shoppas Material Handling...................4-5 Signode........................................... 134-137 Smith Fans Inc....................................91-93 Sowega Mfg......................................102-103 Stewart & Stevenson..........................46-48 Stover Equipment Co. Inc...............127-133 TJ Beall Co............................................... 38 Telmark Inc............................................ 277 Texas A&M AgriLife Research.............. 234 Texas Ag Coop Trust..........................35-36 Texas Agribusiness Insurance.......275-276 Texas Alliance of Water Conservation......................................... 255 Texas Battery..................................239-240 Texas Cotton Gin Museum....................213 Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust..................... 1 Texas Lubricants................................... 239 The Triangle Companies....................... 143 Thomas Engineering Inc....................... 230 United Rotary Brush Corp.....................219 URAD Leather Conditioner....................217 USDA AMS, Cotton Program................ 266 Vandergriff / American & W & R Industrial Services Inc............ 22-25 Washington National Insurance Co...... 206 Watertight Roofing................................ 271 West Texas Gas Inc............................96-97 Wylie Sprayers......................................... 89 X8 Environmental.................................. 207

For more than 21 years, Cotton Farming has cosponsored the TCGA Cotton Trade Show in Lubbock, Texas. The Cotton Farming staff looks forward to many more years of this important partnership with TCGA.

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Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust

A Quarter Century Of Service

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he Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust is entering its 25th year of providing outstanding workers’ compensation, safety and claim service. Formed in 1994, the trust’s mission is to deliver a stable, affordable and well-managed workers’ compensation program for its members.

Dividends totaling more than $44.1 million have been returned to members from the first 20 years of operation.

These distributions represent 28 percent of premiums paid in those years. Returns to members including dividend distributions, safety credit and member deposits total $49.5 million since the trust’s inception.

The company continued the $20.98 base rate for cotton

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ginning for the 2017–2018 year, meeting its mission to provide a stable, affordable program. The rate charged for cotton ginning has gone down 25.4 percent over the past 10 years. The Board of Trustees continues to monitor rates, seeking further reduction through superior loss and control.

The trust provides coverage to more than 78 percent of the cotton gins in Texas as well as cotton warehouses, cotton oil seed mills and other agricultural businesses across the state. Its Producer Program offers the protection of workers’ compensation coverage for employees of cotton producers who gin with members of the trust.

This year’s Annual Meeting is at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 6, in the Banquet Hall of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. The meeting agenda includes an update on trust activities, a report on its financial position and the announcement of this year’s dividend. Three of the nine trustee positions will be up for election.

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f you are attending the TCGA Annual Meeting and Trade Show and want to extend your trip, check out these suggestions for “must-see tourist attractions.” Many of these make for a fun-filled day for the entire family. Enjoy!

• National Ranching Heritage Center This park and museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of ranching in North America and addressing today’s ranching issues.

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• Llano Estacado Winery This establishment embodies the spectacular potential of Texas wine.

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• Joyland Amusement Park Enjoy more than 30 rides, attractions.

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• Museum of Texas Tech University Texas Tech University invites you to experience art, science, history and the future.

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• American Wind Power Center This wind power museum has more than 160 American-style windmills.

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• Bayer Museum of Agriculture This museum preserves the history, tells the story, and instills pride in American agriculture and values.

1121 Canyon Lake Drive, Lubbock, Texas • The Buddy Holly Center This historic site promotes the legacy of Buddy Holly and the music of Lubbock and West Texas.

1801 Crickets Ave., Lubbock, Texas • Buddy Holly Statue and the West Texas Hall of Fame These attractions are on the west side of Crickets Ave. across the street from the Buddy Holly Center, between 18th and 19th streets.

Lubbock, Texas • Science Spectrum Museum This attraction features interactive science exhibits and Lubbock’s only public aquarium.

2579 S. Loop 289, Suite 250, Lubbock, Texas • Silent Wings Museum This institution preserves and promotes the history of the World War II military glider program.

6202 N. I-27, Lubbock, Texas • Prairie Dog Town This attraction is a fun, quick stop to see lots of prairie dogs up close.

Mackenzie Park, Fourth Street and I-27, Lubbock, Texas • Jones AT&T Stadium at Texas Tech Visit the home of Red Raider football since Nov. 29, 1947.

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For this reason, Cotton Farming is pleased to continue its support of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association scholarship program that benefits Texas Tech University students.

Each year, the magazine contributes a portion of revenue from the sale of ads in the TCGA printed program and ticket sales for the Exhibitor’s Luncheon. This year’s check will be presented Friday night, April 6, at the Awards Banquet at the Overton Hotel in Lubbock.

“The proceeds we get from Cotton Farming magazine for scholarships at Texas Tech University are valuable in bringing future educated men and women into the cotton industry,” says Tony Williams, TCGA executive vice president. “With the cost of education going up annually, these funds make it possible for these young men and women to finish college

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without incurring significant debt. Our thanks go out to One Grower Publishing for making this program possible.”

Jane Piercy, Texas Tech’s director of development and external relations, says agriculture students appreciate any kind of help that is given to them while pursuing their degrees.

“As the cost of education and student loan debt continue to rise, scholarships for our students have become more and more critical to the future success of our students,” she says. “We are so thankful for the generosity of One Grower Publishing for providing muchneeded assistance to our students.”

Here are the recipients of this year’s TCGA scholarships: • Ryan Bly, Lubbock, senior, Plant and Soil Science • Jamie Thompson, Lubbock, senior, Agricultural and Applied Economics • Victoria Tuttle, El Paso, sophomore, Agribusiness • Kendra Dalley, Bastrop, senior, Natural Resources Management • Delaina Pearson, Charleston, South

Carolina, senior, Plant and Soil Science • Carter Estes, White Deer, junior, Agricultural and Applied Economics • Glenn Green, El Paso, junior, Agricultural and Applied Economics • Courtney Jasik, Poteet, graduate masters, Natural Resources Management • Garrett Wesley, Kaufman, senior, Agribusiness • Jonathan Hester, Big Lake, junior, Agribusiness • Alexandra Van Ravenswaay, Houston, sophomore, Agribusiness • Rohan Orlando Brown, Jamaica, graduate masters, Plant and Soil Science • Robert Looney, Denton, is an Agricultural and Applied Economics major and the recipient of the Rocky King Memorial Scholarship.

Many of the scholarship recipients will attend TCGA’s Board of Directors meeting on Friday morning, April 6, at the Overton Hotel.

Other Texas Tech students will be on hand for parts of the TCGA Trade Show April 5-6.

Please make them feel welcome.

For more information on the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association scholarship program for Texas Tech students, contact the organization’s office in Austin, Texas, at 512-476-8388 or www. tcga.org.

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lains Cotton Growers Inc. will host its 61st Annual Meeting Friday, April 6, in the Banquet Hall of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the program will start promptly at 9 a.m. The meeting is held in conjunction with the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association Annual Meeting and Trade Show, April 5-6, in Lubbock. For more information on the TCGA Annual Meeting and Trade Show, visit http://www.tcga.org/.

Current PCG president Johnie Reed, who farms near Kress, Texas, will preside over the meeting, and PCG Executive Vice President Steve Verett will report on the status of PCG operations and activities. An award recognizing the 2017 High Plains Cotton Agent of the Year also will be presented at the meeting.

Representative Jodey Arrington is scheduled to speak to the group. Bruce Atherley, executive director of Cotton

Council International, will report on CCI’s export prom o t i o n a c t i v i t i e s . To m Wedegaertner with Cotton Incorporated will report on that organization’s latest initiatives. The program will feature an update on the Plains Cotton Growers Inc. PAC and an announcement about the 2018 Celebrate Cotton Game.

PCG staff also will present Johnie Reed information on the new Seed PCG President Cotton program, and John Aldinger with the Lubbock Cotton Exchange will discuss the Texas International Cotton School.

“This meeting is an excellent opportunity to network with producers and industry leaders, and to hear the latest information on a variety of topics affecting Texas High Plains cotton,” Verett says. “I encourage everyone to put April 6 on their calendar and join us in Lubbock for our Annual Meeting, and also attend the Texas Cotton Ginners’ show the day before.”

Breakfast, sponsored by Monsanto/Deltapine, will be served at 7:30 a.m. Lunch, sponsored by Bayer CropScience/FiberMax/Stoneville, will follow the meeting.

There is no charge to attend and no RSVP is necessary.

Additional information about PCG and the Annual Meeting can be found at http://www.plainscotton.org.

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tion at its Annual Meeting in Lubbock on April 10.

Formed in 1994, the Trust delivers stable, affordable workers’ compensation coverage to Texas agricultural businesses.

The Trust provides coverage to more than ago, the as well 75 percenteven of theyears cotton gins in Texas Texas Tech Committee as cotton warehouses, cotton oil seed mills Champions, as part across and otherforagricultural businesses of a larger promotional the state. effort, suggested a partnership Thethe Trust’s Producer Program offers the with cotton industry for a protection of workers’ compensation coverTexas Tech football game. The inauguage for employees of cotton producers who ral “Celebrate Cotton” game in 2012 was only the beginning of a fun yearly gin with members of the Trust. event that highlights the relationship between the Texas High Plains cotton

The Trust provides its members both hard savings in Safety Credit earned and dividends paid back – as well as soft savings in premiums the members never had to pay to a commercial insurance carrier. The Trust was always there to provide coverage in times of a restricted market.

These distributions represent more than 26 industry andpaid Texas Tech. percent of premiums in those years.

Texas Tech athletics Trust gin members once againpartners earned with Plains Cotton and more than $350,000 in SafetyGrowers Credit, which other cotton industry leaders was being returned with the 2014 final audit to plan displays, articles, news to those conferences, who qualified. More than $3 million media opportuniin Safety Credit was returned in eight ties, and much more surroundingyears. the Returns to Trustagribusinesses members, including Safety event.

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This year’s Annual Meeting of the Trust is even bring large harvesters, scheduled for 2:30 p.m.cotton on Friday, April 10, in sprayers and more to put on display so the Banquet Hall of the Lubbock Memorial people can understand the investments Civic Center. producers make in growing a cotton The Trust will once again be located in crop. Cotton bales line each entrance, Booth this year’s Trade Show in the each No. with1 aat banner featuring a cotton large exhibit hall.

Please stop by and visit fact or logo. The first 4,000 attendees with us.

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Ginner Schools

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inner Schools are moving into their third decade of classes and are designed for the exclusive use of the U.S. cotton ginning industry. Cooperators for the school include the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service; National Cotton Ginners’ Association and its member associations; National Cotton Council; Cotton Incorporated; gin machinery/equipment manufacturers and suppliers; cooperative state research, education and Extension services; and select land-grant universities.

Each level of coursework is built on the previous level of instruction, with Level I as the foundation. Therefore, the school’s coordinators strongly recommend that beginning students, regardless of gin experience, start with Level I. National Cotton Ginners’ Association Executive Vice President Harrison Ashley says, “I encourage our ginners and their employees to strongly consider attending a ginners school this year. It is becoming increasingly important for our industry to consistently turn out high-quality lint, and these schools will zero in on that goal. They also will provide valuable information on how to increase ginning efficiency and improve workplace safety.”

This year’s Level I, II and III course programming will again feature practical information on all aspects of ginning. Topics range from maintenance and adjustments for seed cotton cleaners, gin stands and lint cleaners to drying and moisture restoration systems. The National Cotton Ginners’ Association and the three USDA ginning laboratories are responsible for coordinating the curriculum for the three Ginners Schools locations.

Continuing education courses also are offered the first two days of each respective school. Topics for each location may vary with regional interest and speaker availability.

Ginner Certification Program In conjunction with the schools, the National Cotton Ginners’ Association is offering a Cotton Ginner Certification Program. Here are the program requirements: • Completion of all three levels of instruction or, with equivalent experience for Level I, completion of Levels II and III. • Red Cross standard or other Occupational Safety and Health Administration-approved first aid certification.

• Written recommendation from an established ginner,

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detailing the applicant’s knowledge, skill, experience and character.

• Satisfactory performance on a comprehensive written examination covering practical aspects of gin operation.

• Minimum three years’ experience working for a commercial ginning operation.

• Membership in National Cotton Ginners Association, constituted by active membership in one of its member associations.

• Upon completion of the initial certification requirements, continuing education course work credit will be required to maintain certification.

• Continuing education courses will be offered in conjunction with all three 2017 schools. Continuing education registration information will be mailed to participants in the certification program.

• The certification program is optional for each school participant. The certification program written examination will be offered at each school in 2018.

U.S. certified ginners, gin managers and superintendents are urged to register for one of the schools. For information on registration and course descriptions, go to http://www.cotton. org/ncga/ginschool/index.cfm.

Registration confirmation will include general class starting date and time for the level registered. Lunch is served each day at the school and is included in your registration. All courses are offered in English only. Motel guides and maps are available online.

Ginners School Locations • Southwest Ginners School April 2-4 South Plains Ginning Laboratory, 1604 E. FM 1294, Lubbock, Texas •

Western Ginners School May 1-3 Southwestern Ginning Research Laboratory 300 E. College St., Mesilla Park, New Mexico

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President Scott Hilburn, Lubbock

Region 3 Rex Ford, Stamford

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Region 4 Tommy Montgomery, Lomax

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Secretary Prentice Fred, Levelland Immediate Past President Mike Polk, Corpus Christi Region 1 Mike Thompson, Bishop

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