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TCGA ANNUAL MEETING AND TRADE SHOW SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Monday, April 1 • Southwest Cotton Ginners School USDA-ARS South Plains Ginning Lab

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

Wednesday, April 3 • TCGA Golf Tournament Meadowbrook Golf Course

• Southwest Cotton Ginners School USDA-ARS South Plains Ginning Lab

Thursday, April 4 • TCGA’s 112th 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 • Official Show Opening 9 a.m.

Civic Center, North Entrance

• 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-2 p.m.

Civic Center, Room 102 TWITTER: @COTTONFARMING

• Spouses Event - “Dress Your Door” Awaken your front door by creating your own spring wreath. Cynthia Black will lead participants in designing and making wreaths to take home with them. All necessary materials will be provided by TCGA, and the event will be accompanied with light hors d’oeuvres and beverages.

2-3 p.m.

Civic Center, Terrace Suite

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

Civic Center, Banquet Hall

• TCGA Life Member Luncheon Noon-1:30 p.m.

Civic Center, Room 102

Friday, April 5

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

• TCGA Board of Directors Meeting 6:30-8:30 a.m.

• TCGA Awards Dinner & Vegas Night Celebration

Overton Hotel & Conference Center, Sunset C Ballroom

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

Overton Hotel & Conference Center, Canyon Room

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

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

• TCGA’s 112th Cotton Trade Show 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Lubbock Memorial Civic Center

▪ Show Registration, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 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 • Convention Lunch - Cafeteria Style 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Southwest Corner of Pedestrian Mall Exhibit Area

Civic Center, Banquet Hall

Overton Hotel & Conference Center, Sunset B Ballroom

6:30 p.m. Reception 7 p.m. Awards Dinner Ticket Required (May be purchased at show registration) Larry Black, 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 & 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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“The TCGA show is your chance to prepare for what could be a record-setting year in cotton.”

Welcome To TCGA

t is with hope for a big year ahead that I welcome everyone to the 112th Annual Meeting and Cotton Trade Show of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association. The officers, executive committee, board of directors and staff believe you will enjoy the show.

As I write this story, we still have a few members trying to finish ginning the 2018 crop. The projected total for last year is about 6.9 million bales, which is a good crop considering the dry summer and wet harvest. In the past several years, Texas has shown we can produce a lot of cotton with a little help from Mother Nature.

A combination of several factors has led to an increase in cotton acreage in the Northern Texas Panhandle since the first gin was built there in 2004. In recent years, the region has seen significant growth in cotton infrastructure, including four additional gin plants. Currently, two more are being built. At the same time, one new gin plant is in the works for the Southern Rolling Plains, and numerous other gins across the state have had major expansion projects going on the past few years.

It is no doubt an exciting time in the Texas cotton industry with all the growth. For this reason, we chose “ Texas Cotton — Building for the Future” as the theme for this year’s show.

As we begin the growing season, prospects for another successful cotton crop are looking great with many areas having good underground moisture.

Now we just need help from Mother Nature in getting the crop started, and if not too much to ask, a little rain during the season. The National Cotton Council planting intention survey has Texas planting 7.889 million acres of cotton (Upland and Pima). This would be the largest acreage planted to cotton in the state since 1954. So with some help from Mother Nature, I think we are destined to beat our prior record from the 2017 crop. Who knows, we may even bust the 10-million-bale mark!

The TCGA show is your chance to prepare for what could be a recordsetting year in cotton. The show provides an opportunity to see and experience the latest developments in cotton ginning. Some incredible technology is available today in machinery, equipment, products and services to help plants be as efficient as possible. Many ginners are looking for ways to fully automate processing cotton to reduce labor cost or the hassle of finding sufficient labor.

Exhibitors at our show are here to help gins increase efficiency and reduce or control costs, which leads to profitability.

Texas based-companies are at the forefront in developing many new technologies for the ginning industry, and most of them will be at our event ready to show what they can do for your business. Make the most of this opportunity by attending our show and visiting the exhibitors to see what they have to offer. The exhibitors incur significant time and expense to bring their products and services to our show, so be sure to show your support by paying them a visit.

I am optimistic about 2019 and hope you feel the same. So get this year started by coming to the TCGA show and meeting with exhibitors. Welcome to Lubbock.

Tony Williams

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Bio/Career • Manager, Central Rolling Plains Co-op, Roscoe, Texas • In ginning since 1981 • Became gin manager in 1986 • TCGA board member • Previous TCGA secretary and vice president • Married to Cynthia in 1985 • Two children: Alyssa Betts and husband Kade; Madison Black • Two grandsons: Kameron and Brayson • Chairman, WesTex Groundwater Conservation District

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staff did a great job of helping gins eather made the 2018 throughout the state stay abreast of season difficult for utility rate cases. everyone. We dropped The noise level case was ultimately from a record of defeated after much effort from our 112,000 bales per year at our gin to a association, but it was a tedious and little more than 23,000 and felt blessstressful process. TCGA is grateful ed to get those. This example shows to the people who work for us as well the weather swings we deal with in as other contacts in our network who West Texas. Going forward, though, provide help when we need it. we have great underground moisture, This is an exciting time in our and producers are optimistic about the industry as a lot of new infrastructure upcoming cotton crop.

LARRY BLACK is being built in the northern areas of It’s always interesting to be in an President the state. Shorter maturity varieties, organization’s leadership position and a water shortage and depressed grain see how much goes on behind the scenes that you weren’t aware of. The Texas Cotton prices make cotton a viable option for farmers in that Ginners’ Association staff — Tony, Kelley and Aaron part of the cotton patch.

New technologies and boll weevil eradication have — handles all the day-to-day issues with great ease.

When thrown curve balls, they do a good job with those made traditional cotton areas even more productive, and getting cotton back into the Farm Bill’s Title 1 program as well and complete them in a timely manner.

Some of the challenges TCGA encountered in has helped stabilize monetary issues. The future of Texas 2018 include the Occupational Safety and Health cotton production looks bright, and the gins are ramping Administration changing the definition of an amputa- up in preparation for the crop when it comes in this fall.

As Prentice Fred prepares to take the reins as TCGA tion, putting reporting requirements in place and bringing a noise level case against a member gin. TCGA also president, I would tell him to hang on! The ride will be had issues with air permits from the Texas Commission interesting and informative, but most importantly, the on Environmental Quality. In addition, the TCGA TCGA staff will be there if you have any questions.

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ble and willing to help. I look forhe 2018 ginning season ward to working with them this year. was a long one, and labor Our biggest challenge today is was difficult to acquire. labor, which has gotten extremeConsequently, a lot of ly tight in our area. I don’t have gins, including ours, ran one shift all the answers, but we do need a instead of two. We did not have any guest-worker program that actually dryland acres in our area, and most works. The current program is difof the irrigated cotton had pretty ficult to follow and cost-prohibitive good quality and yielded better than to most of us. We need a better way normal in many places. to get more labor into our work force I believe cotton is on everyone’s and allow the workers to stay long mind as the 2019 season gets underPRENTICE FRED enough to finish out the season. way. If we get enough moisture to Incoming President The bright spots in the ginning have a dryland crop, we should proindustry are new technologies and duce a lot of bales. Gins across the state have been making repairs, checking equipment the types of equipment we are running. Since I started and even building new infrastructure or expanding managing the gin, we have made some changes that existing plants to handle the volume of cotton that will have significantly increased efficiency.

When I started managing the gin, it was capable be coming through this fall.

After I began managing the Long S Gin in 1994, I of ginning 10 to 12 bales per hour through the week. immediately started attending Texas Cotton Ginners’ My average for this past year was 36 bales per hour Association meetings and have been active ever since. throughout the week, including down time.

As the incoming TCGA president, I look back at all If there is anything I can do, I want to do it. That’s why I am involved in the leadership and honored to be a the extremely qualified people who have served in this leadership position. During my term, I hope to conpart of it.

The three gentlemen dedicated to serving our organi- tinue their efforts to keep TCGA moving in a positive zation — Tony, Kelley and Aaron — are all very capa- direction.

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Bio/Career • Manager/part owner, Long S Gin, Levelland, Texas • Attended South Plains College • TCGA board member • Past president, Texas Independent Ginners • 2017 Ag Professional of the Year • 2012 Texas Ginner of the Year • Hockley County Ag Committee • Deacon, College Avenue Baptist Church, Levelland • Married to late wife Sherry for 56 years • Two sons: Robin Fred and wife Sharron; and Scott Fred. Five grandchildren, three great grandchildren

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GINNER OF THE YEAR

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Career Turns To Cotton Breedlove says he was never looking for a job in the cotton industry, but cotton found him. While attending Tulia High School, Breedlove was active in the local FFA chapter and a member of the cotton judging team. To prepare the students, the ag teacher drove them to Lubbock on Fridays where the folks at the cotton classing office taught them how to class cotton.

“Those trips paid off because our team placed first that year,” Breedlove says. “It’s ironic how the experience would help me in my future career in the cotton industry.”

After graduating in the top 10 percent of his class in 1976, the young Texan chose to go to Texas A&M University, which he considered the best agricultural school in the state. Breedlove’s original goal was Cotton farmers Wesley Vanderpool (right) and his brother Vern Vanderpool delivered the first cotton bale to ginner Chris Breedlove at Willacy Co-op in Sabastian, Texas, June 13, 2018, at 3 p.m. The FiberMax 2007GLT bale weighed in at 2,040 pounds and was grown and picked in Hidalgo County.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHRIS BREEDLOVE

hris Breedlove, son of Betty and Norvell Breedlove, grew up in Tulia in the Texas Panhandle during the 1960s. As the Vietnam War raged on the other side of the world, he and his classmates wore MIA bracelets and participated in “duck and cover” drills at the local school.

He remembers teachers herding the students to the basement where they were instructed to put their hands over their heads and hunker down.

Although the small town seemed isolated at times from world events, the drills were understandable since Tulia was about 50 miles south of Amarillo where the government assembled nuclear weapons at the time.

Despite the strange times indicative of that age, most of Breedlove’s childhood memories centered on the cotton he watched being grown and harvested on both of his grandparents’ farms.

“I can still remember riding with my Papa, my paternal grandfather, to Lone Star looking for cotton trailers,” he says. “We may have gone to four or five gins before we found one of his trailers ready to be picked up. The best thing, however, was the peanuts and a bottle of Coca-Cola.

“I also recall building a small cotton gin for a history project in the fifth grade. I don’t remember what place I received, but it was fun to build.”

Chris Breedlove says 2018 marks his first year to gin the official certified first bale of cotton in the United States. to become a veterinarian, but he changed his mind halfway through college and chose another path. In the fall of 1980, he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural engineering.

“During my time at Texas A&M, Dr. Calvin Parnell, who had extensive knowledge of the cotton industry, came into my life as a teacher and a mentor,” Breedlove says. “My first job was with Anderson, Clayton and Co., which was the largest cotton company in the world at the time. I worked for the Oilseed Processing Division in Phoenix, Arizona. This company had cotton gins and cottonseed oil mills in California, Arizona and Texas.”

In June 1982, ACCO moved Breedlove to Abilene, Texas, to oversee eight gins. His job responsibilities included repairs, troubleshooting during the season, budgeting and capital projects. In 1984, Tommy Funk with Sebastian Cotton & Grain in south Texas was looking for a young engineer to operate his family’s cotton gins and grain elevators in Sebastian. Cecil Boyd, Breedlove’s boss at ACCO, recommended him for the job. Breedlove accepted the new opportunity and moved to Harlingen.

“I never regretted this decision,” he says. “I have always enjoyed the responsibility of getting the gins and elevators ready for the season.”

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Ginner Education Opportunity

he Ginners School is designed to benefit the U.S. cotton ginning industry. Cooperators include the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, the National Cotton Ginners’ Association and its member associations, the National Cotton Council, Cotton Incorporated, gin machinery/equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and select land-grant universities.

All courses are offered in English only. Registration and classes begin at 8 a.m. and end each day at 5 p.m. Lunch is served at the school and is included in your registration.

Each level of Ginners School course work is built on the previous level of instruction, with Level 1 as the foundation. Therefore, the school’s coordinators strongly recommend that beginning students,

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regardless of gin experience, start with Level 1.

Topics covered at this level are an introduction to cotton ginning and ginning demonstration, basic gin safety, basic hydraulics, air utilization and electricity at the gin. Instructors also will talk about maintenance and adjustment for seed cotton cleaners, gin stands and lint cleaners; maintenance of auxiliary components; classing cotton and moisture measurement.

Level 1 wraps up with a review of the cotton industry and a discussion of waste collection and disposal.

The Ginners School also offers Level 2 and Level 3 course work. To see a complete listing of the topics covered, go to http://www.cotton. org/ncga/ginschool/index.cfm. Note that the Western Ginners School also includes roller ginning in its Level 3 session.

Continuing Education To maintain your certification, you must complete 12 hours of continuing education credits over a three-year period. For example, if you received your certification in 2016, you will need to complete your 12 continuing education hours in 2019 to remain in good standing in the program.

• Continuing education course work will be offered in conjunction with the annual Ginners School. Each hour of participation at the NCGA-sponsored continuing education course work will equal 1 credit hour.

• Beltwide Cotton Ginners Conference participation provides 1-hour credit for each hour of participation.

• Re-taking Ginners School course work (Levels I-III) will also provide continuing education credit.

• Participation in local association schools, workshops, seminars and trade shows may be eligible for continuing education credit.

An agenda and participation form must be submitted to the National Cotton Ginners’ Association. Upon review, any continuing education credit hour(s) will be assigned to the participant.

The Southwest Ginners School was held April 1-3 at South Plains Ginning Laboratory in Lubbock.

The Western Ginners School will take place May 7-9 at the Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory in Mesilla Park, New Mexico. The Stoneville Ginners School will be June 4-6 at the USDA Ginning Research Laboratory in Stoneville, Mississippi.

Information Sources Contact Harrison Ashley (hashley@cotton. org) or Jana Jackins (jjackins@cotton.org) with the NCGA if you have questions. You may also call them at 901-274-9030.

For registration information, motel guides and maps, go to www.cotton.org/ncga/gin school/index.cfm.

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EWR Inc................................................. 265 Express Scale Services.......................... 32 Feazell Gin Service Inc.......................... 227 FSA Texas State Office......................... 244 GISC........................................................210 Goetz Fibers L.P.....................................101 Great Plains Equipment Rental..............247 Healthy Trucks R Wealthy Trucks......... 261 Heliae..................................................... 257 Henry’s Parts & Service........................ 223 Hi Plains Electric Motor Repair...... 105-106 Hi-Plains Bag & Bagging Inc..............46-48 Humphrey Coker Seed Co............. 108-109 Hydraulic Shop LLC...........................49-50 IMCO Trailers......................................... 285 Indeco Products Inc.......................201-202 Insurance Coverage of Texas............... 254 INTL FCStone.........................................251 J Welch Farms....................................... 205 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............................................. 33 Litco Services.......................................... 27 Lone Star Bearing Inc........................29-30 Lowery Distributing............................... 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 McWhorters........................................... 208 Milliman Inc............................................ 256 Module Truck Systems...................... 67-73 NASS/USDA/FO.................................... 268 National Cotton Council.......................... 37 New Power Gin Repair.......................... 271 Northern/Lucus Machine Inc............. 12-13 O’Donnell High School Robotics Team...................................................... 238 Olam Cotton.......................................... 289 One Grower Publishing......................... 292 Plains Cotton Cooperative Assn.... 273-274

Cotton Farming wishes to thank all of the Show Program advertisers for contributing to the TCGA scholarship program: Americot Inc. BASF FiberMax BC Supply C&M Baling Systems Inc. CALCOT Cherokee Cliff Granberry Corp.

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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 on Environmental 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.

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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. 3121 Fourth St., Lubbock, Texas • 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 Avenue across the street from the Buddy Holly Center, between 18th and 19th streets.

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• American Wind Power Center This wind power museum has more than 160 American-style windmills. 1701 Canyon Lake Drive, Lubbock, Texas

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

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• Jones AT&T Stadium at Texas Tech Visit the home of Red Raider football since Nov. 29, 1947. 2626 Mac Davis Lane, Lubbock, Texas

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

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• Museum of Texas Tech University Texas Tech University invites you to experience art, science, history and the future. 3301 Fourth St., Lubbock, Texas • Joyland Amusement Park Enjoy more than 30 rides, attractions. 500 Canyon Lake Drive, Lubbock, Texas COTTONFARMING.COM

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or 25 years, the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust has provided exceptional workers’ compensation, safety and claim service. This year’s distribution also marks $50 million in dividends returned to Trust members.

These dividends totaling more than $50 million will have been returned to members with the distribution to be made at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Trust. These distributions represent 28 percent of premiums paid during the first 23 years of the Trust’s operation.

The Trust provides additional returns to members through its Safety Credit programs.

The 2019 TCGT Annual Meeting is 2:30–4 p.m., Friday, April 5, in the Banquet Hall of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

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for election. Along with the announcement of this year’s dividend, the meeting agenda includes an update on Trust activities and a report of the Trust’s financial position.

Formed in 1994, the Trust’s mission is to deliver a stable, affordable, well-managed workers’ compensation program for its members.

The company provides coverage to more than 75 percent of the cotton gins in Texas as well as cotton warehouses, cottonseed oil mills and other agricultural enterprises across the state.

The Trust will once again be located in Booth No. 1 in the large exhibit hall, so please stop by for a visit.

Contact the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust at 3160 Bee Cave Road, Austin, TX 78746 or call 512-615-4800. Have a safe trip to Lubbock, and thanks for your support!

Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust Annual Meeting When: 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 5 Where: In the Banquet Hall of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center

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oung people interested in an agricultural career are full of energy and dedication, vim and vigor. They have a strong desire to hone their skills and contribute to the work force in a positive manner after graduation.

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. In 2018, Cotton Farming raised $4,152 to help bolster the scholarship fund. This year’s check will be presented Friday night, April 5, at the Awards Banquet at the Overton Hotel in Lubbock.

“Paying for college today is a challenge for many students and their parents,” says Tony Williams, TCGA executive vice president. “TCGA scholarships help these kids who are our future leaders get an education and put them on their career pathway without the worry of incurring considerable debt.”

“Paying for college today is a challenge for many students and their parents. TCGA scholarships help these kids who are our future leaders get an education and put them on their career pathway without the worry of incurring considerable debt.”

TONY WILLIAMS, TCGA executive vice president

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

“More and more students are coming to the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas Tech with outstanding credentials and are very deserving of scholarship support,” she says.

“With the generosity of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association, we are able to help these deserving students with their education. Your investment in the future of these students is an investment in the future of agriculture.”

Here are the recipients of this year’s TCGA scholarships: • McKenzie Arrott, Ballinger, junior, Agricultural and Applied Economics • Kloe Burris, Poteet, graduate masters, Agribusiness • Claire Cleveland, Lubbock, senior, Agricultural Communications • Brittney Couch, Little Elm, junior, Agribusiness • Karlie Kennon, Lubbock, senior, Natural Resources Management • Sarah Moses, Pearsall, senior, Natural Resources Management • Ariana Rivera, San Antonio, junior, Natural Resources Management • Abby Rollwitz, New Braunfels, sophomore, Agricultural Communications • Ayla Ryan, Wolfforth, senior, Natural Resources Management • Sterling Shrum, Boerne, senior, Agricultural Communications

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• Kevin Shudes, North Las Vegas, Nevada, senior, Plant and Soil Science • Hannah Decker, Magnolia, junior, Plant and Soil Science major and the recipient of the Rocky King Memorial Scholarship.

Many of the scholarship recipients will attend TCGA’s Board of Directors meeting Friday morning, April 5, at the Overton Hotel.

Other Texas Tech students will be on hand for parts of the TCGA Trade Show, April 4-5. 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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Chris Breedlove • Resident of Harlingen, Texas

Willacy Co-op Stats Breedlove married Laura in 1990, and his career in the cotton industry continued to flourish. In 2002, he joined Olton Co-op Gin as the general manager, and in 2009, board chairman Charles Chappell hired Breedlove to work in Raymondville for Willacy Co-op — an agricultural cooperative governed by seven board members. Today, Breedlove is the general manager and CEO of this agribusiness that operates two cotton gins, a U.S. Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation cotton warehouse and a farm store.

The gin in Sebastian has a capacity of about 45,000 bales per year. It is a four-stand Lummus plant with one of the first universal density presses installed in the country.

“In 1988, we replaced the original gin building and purchased and installed new electrical switch gear in an air conditioned room,” Breedlove says. “Even after 30 years, the electrical equipment looks good.

Programmable logic controller technology was new to cotton gins in 1988, and I wrote the software to operate the gin and the presses. Today, all new cotton gins operate with PLCs. We also replaced the old gin fans with high-efficiency fans, which still run today.

“Last year we sent two of the 158 Lummus gin stands to the Lummus factory where they were converted into 170-saw stands. My ginners love them, and we are hoping for a good 2019 cotton crop so we can convert the other two.”

Chris Breedlove served as president of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association in 1993.

Breedlove says the cottonseed is stored in two cottonseed warehouses, and the bales are stored in their CCC-approved cotton warehouse in Sebastian.

“I have been blessed with great employees in Olton, Raymondville and Sebastian,” he says. “My superintendent, Joe Ambriz, and I have been together for 30-plus years. Tia Holley, my Raymondville office manager; Patsy Sandoval, my Sebastian office manager; Bruce Manning, my cotton warehouse manager; and Andreas Rodriguez, my fuel purchaser, make going to work fun.

“Over the years, I have had the opportunity to employ young people and tried to give back some of the mentoring I received along the way. I am proud of these men and the success they are having — Craig Rohrbaugh at Farwell, Chris Williams at Olton, Bryce Cerny and Walker Smith in the Rio Grande Valley, my current millennial Thomas Human at Raymondville and many interns who suffered the tremendous heat at Sebastian during the ginning season.”

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• General manager/ CEO, Willacy Co-op, Raymondville • Graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural engineering, Texas A&M University • MBA degree, Texas A&M UniversityKingsville • Licensed Texas professional engineer • Treasurer of Texas Cotton Ginners’ Trust

Chris Breedlove and his wife, Laura, enjoy attending Texas A&M football games during the fall.

‘Honored And Humbled’ Breedlove says he also has a God-loving wife and family who never complain about the long hours he spends at the gin. Quality family time comes during the two weeks the plant closes during Christmas so he and Laura can go snow skiing or take the kids on a winter vacation.

When asked about his reaction to the recognition bestowed on him by the TCGA, Breedlove says he was honored and humbled to have been named Ginner of the Year.

“I always enjoy the 25-minute commute from my Raymondville office to my home in Harlingen,” he says.

“Sometimes I don’t even have the radio on. When Tony Williams called one day during my drive time to give me the news about being ginner of the year, I was surprised and thankful. Tony and I have been friends and worked in the industry together for more than 30 years. I consider this award a great honor and am truly blessed.”

• Past president of the National Cotton Ginners’ Association • Past president of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association • Life Member of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association • Past chairman of the Texas Grain and Feed Association • Delegate to the National Cotton Council • Member of the Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee • Served on numerous other boards of directors and committees • Graduate of the National Cotton Council’s Cotton Leadership Program • Member of the Harlingen Valley Praise Church • Married to Laura Breedlove. Four sons: Justin Breedlove, Tyson Breedlove (wife Huijin), Jay Osment and Collin Breedlove. One daughter: Lindsay Critides (husband Philip). Two twin grandchildren: Elija and Naomi Breedlove (parents Tyson and Huijin)

Whenever time allows, Chris Breedlove loves to cook outdoors for friends and family.

• Enjoys fishing, cooking outdoors, reading on the beach at South Padre Island and attending Texas A&M football games

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lains Cotton Growers Inc. will host its 62nd Annual Meeting Friday, April 5, in conjunction with the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association’s Annual Meeting and Trade Show at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Banquet Hall. The PCG program begins at 9 a.m.

Confirmed speakers include U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas; Dr. Gary Adams, president and CEO of the National Cotton Council; Berrye Worsham, president and CEO of Cotton Incorporated; and keynote speaker Tamar Haspel, a food and science journalist who writes the James Beard award-winning Washington Post column “Unearthed.” Haspel and her husband, Kevin Flaherty, also have an oyster farm off Cape Cod. She can be found on Twitter at @tamarhaspel. The keynote speaker is sponsored by Farmers Cooperative Compress.

Current PCG President Stacy Smith, who farms near New Home, Texas, will preside over the meeting. PCG Executive Vice President Steve Verett will

report on the status of PCG operations and activities.

An award recognizing the 2018 High Plains Cotton Agent of the Year also will be presented, and PCG will make an announcement about the 2019 Celebrate Cotton Game at Texas Tech. In separate events, breakfast — hosted by Deltapine — will be served at 7:30 a.m. Lunch, hosted by FiberMax, will be served after the meeting. There is no charge to attend and no RSVP is necessary.

PCG is a non-profit organization representing Texas High Plains cotton producers. An advocate for High Plains cotton growers since 1956, PCG has been tackling the tough issues they face for almost 60 years.

Leadership consists of a board of directors and a full-time staff of five. Through the years, PCG has been instrumental in bringing needed economic relief to High Plains cotton growers through legislative and regulatory changes.

Additional information about PCG can be found at http://www.plainscotton.org. Follow the organization on Twitter @PCGNews and like the Plains Cotton Growers Facebook page.

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This year’s matchup features the Texas Tech Red Raiders versus the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Miners. The game is Saturday, Sept. 7, at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock.

Texas Tech Athletics partners with Plains Cotton Growers and other cotton industry leaders to plan displays, articles, news conferences, media opportunities and much more surrounding the event. Several agribusinesses team up as game-day partners and host booths at one of the main entrances to the game.

Some area equipment dealers even bring large cotton harvesters, sprayers and more to put on display so people can understand the investments producers make in growing a cotton crop. Cotton bales line each entrance, each with a banner featuring a cotton fact or logo. The first 4,000 attendees receive a 100 percent cotton T-shirt.

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Region 3 Rex Ford, Stamford

Vice President Prentice Fred, Levelland

Region 4 Rick Timmins, Flower Grove

Secretary David Wied, New Home

Region 5 Randy Reid, Loop

Immediate Past President Scott Hilburn, Lubbock

Region 6 Paul Wilson, Levelland

Region 1 Mike Thompson, Bishop

Region 7 Curtis Griffith, Morton

Region 2 John Engel, Palacios

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