Cotton Farming Ginners Marketplace March 2024

Ginners Marketplace

It’s Showtime In Texas!

The Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association is preparing to host its 116th annual meeting and cotton trade show, which has a new name and logo. The new name is TCGA Gin Show – The Cotton Belt Gin Connection. The event is scheduled for April 4-5 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

It is the only annual trade show where the main focus is cotton ginning. To be a cotton ginning-focused show for the Cotton Belt, TCGA stepped up its e ort to reach ginners across the nation. For example, the association recently mailed a postcard highlighting information about the show to all gins across the Cotton Belt.

Spread The Word

To help promote the show, call and email your friends in the cotton industry. Many people have shared a recent article that appeared in Cotton Farming magazine on social media. Read the Q & A article between Cotton Farming magazine’s Carroll Smith and TCGA’s Aaron Nelsen by visiting https://rb.gy/p751fr. The article highlights the tweaks and changes TCGA is making to improve the show experience. TCGA encourages you to share information about the show on social media.

The TCGA Gin Show’s theme for 2024 is “Linking Ginners Across the Cotton Belt.” The hope is the new name and logo will become synonymous with the show for years to come. TCGA wants its show to be a platform that links ginners across the Cotton Belt, which the annual theme embraces. The TCGA Gin Show o ers a tremendous opportunity for ginners to come together to find solutions to their common problems.

See You In Lubbock

Now is the time to begin making arrangements for your Lubbock trip. TCGA hopes you will support its exhibitors who invest valuable time, resources and energy to make the show a success. Hopefully, the exhibitors can provide some answers to questions you have about the coming year. They cannot make it rain, but they can help you better prepare for another crop year. The Texas Gin Show continues to be a valuable resource as it brings so many in the cotton industry together. Please take advantage of the event and encourage others to attend.

All meeting and trade show information is available on TCGA’s website — tcga.org/trade-show/. You can access event information, including hotel availability and a pre-registration form. There are also registration forms for both the golf and

domino tournaments and a chronological list of events and activities that will take place the week of the show.

The hotel reservation page is for making reservations online. Because the hotel blocks fill quickly, you are encouraged to make reservations early. The Overton Hotel and Conference Center — a short drive from the Lubbock Civic Center — will again serve as the host hotel. The trade show pre-registration

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form can be emailed or faxed to TCGA. By pre-registering, your badge will be waiting for you when you arrive.

Be sure to visit tcga.org/trade-show/ and encourage your board members, employees, friends and family to attend the show as well. For questions, please call 512-476-8388.

TCGA provided this article.

Meet The 2023 Southeast Cotton Ginner Of The Year

The Southeast Cotton Ginner of the Year grew up on a family farm in small town South Carolina. The family has very deep roots in the area. In fact, the land where he grew up is still part of their family operation and was part of an original Kings Grant in 1737. He grew up looking over the top of a tractor steering wheel and always knew he’d be coming back to the farm.

Following college and the national guard, the 2023 recipient did exactly that — came back to the farm for good. He eventually became a partner in the farm and gin and started a consulting business as well. The consulting business is known for its progressiveness and consistency. He has earned praises from Extension and other consultants far and wide and was named the 2020 Cotton Consultant of the Year.

But farming and consulting are just a couple of his activities. The one that seems to take so much of his time and passion is the gin. His father and uncle also owned a gin, and the recipient was brought in as a partner. Like the farm, the gin has deep roots going back to the early 1900s. The family bought the gin in the late 70s. Eventually, the Southeast award winner

was made general manager.

Drake Perrow, the 2023 Southeast Cotton Ginner of the Year, is joined by his family at the presentation ceremony. From left are Charlotte Law, Drake, Linda Perrow and John Perrow.

He was elected by his peers as a director to the Ginners Association in the late 90s and has served in leadership roles ever since. He served as National Ginners Board member, National Cotton Council delegate, National Cotton Council board member, and president of Southeastern Cotton Ginners Association. Closer to home, he also serves on the South Carolina Boll Weevil Foundation Board, Southeastern Boll Weevil Foundation Board, past president of Calhoun County Farm Bureau and trustee of their church.

The recipient and his wife, Linda, have two children. John does most of the farming, and Charlotte lives in Beaufort, South Carolina. His two grandchildren, Henry and Kate, refer to him simply as “D.” The 2023 Southeast Cotton Ginner of the year is Drake Perrow.

Southeastern Cotton Ginners Association contributed this article.

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