Cotton Farming Ginners Marketplace February 2023

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Tentative 2023 Gin School Dates

Take A Hard Look At Insurance Costs And Safety Culture At The Gin

The Gin 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.

Distractions have become “routine” in our daily lives. Our phones go o , 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 of what’s important. Things can sneak up on you, and those are the ones that will jump up and bite you.

Tentative dates set for the 2023 sessions appear below.

Course Descriptions

tions have been aware of this and have brought it to the attention of our memberships. But I think many of us got distracted by the other things going on and have now been hit with the reality that it’s not getting better.

Each level of ginners school 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.  Levels I, II and III are all two-day courses, therefore students enroll for one level per school.

In the last year or so, we’ve seen huge increases in our costs. As I write this, we’re getting news of the highest inflation in more than a generation… maybe two.

Southwest Ginners School

South Plains Ginning Laboratory

Lubbock, Texas

March 27-29, 2023

While I’m personally seeing some of the things that increased so much ease down a bit, it’s not common for costs that have gone up this much, this fast, to come down or come down very much. We will likely have to learn to live with some of them.

Western Ginners School

Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory

Mesilla Park, New Mexico

The Cost Of Insurance

May 2-4, 2023

Stoneville Ginners School

One of the costs that snuck up on many gins in the past year or so is the cost of insurance. Normally, this is a once-a-year expense we get hit with.

USDA Ginning Research Laboratory

Stoneville, Mississippi

The past renewal cycle or two have been more than a bit of sticker shock for many in the ginning industry. Your associa-

June 6-8, 2023

Level I

• Introduction to Cotton Ginning and Ginning Demonstration.

• Basic Gin Safety.

This is a simplified explanation, but insurance companies are going to do what they need to in order to stay in business. They must make money like we do. The companies take our premium and invest it. They pay claims with it, and they expect to have some left over. If losses are low and return on investment is good, you have happy insurance companies. We get stable premiums and competition.

• Basic Hydraulics.

• Air Utilization.

• Electricity in the Gin.

• Maintenance and Adjustment for Seed Cotton Cleaners, Gin Stands and Lint Cleaners.

If they have poor investment returns and higher-than-expected cost of claims (read inflation), you have unhappy insurance companies. They may decide to pull out of the market and/or significantly increase rates. This is where we are today.

• Maintenance of Auxiliary Components.

• Classing Cotton.

• Moisture Measurement.

• Review of the Cotton Industry.

Your ginners associations and the National Cotton Ginners’ Association have been concerned about this for some time. We need healthy insurers and competition, but we really can only help one side of the insurance problem…losses. NCGA has put together a list of questions to ask yourself, so you can evaluate

• Waste Collection and Disposal.

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Level II

• Purpose and Operating Principles of Individual Gin Machines.

• E icient Operation, Adjustment and Maintenance of Gin Equipment.

• Pneumatics and Waste Collection.

• Electrical Systems.

• Hydraulic Systems.

• Gin Safety.

• Management Tips.

• Roller Ginning (at the Western School only).

Level III

• Review of Functions of a Ginning System.

• Electrical Systems.

• Air Systems in the Gin.

• Drying and Moisture Restoration Systems.

• Matching Machinery Capacities in the System.

• Seed Cotton Unloading Systems and Management of Seed Cotton Handling Systems.

• Bale Presses and Hydraulic Systems.

• Safety Programs and Labor Regulations.

• Cottonseed Handling Systems.

• Roller Ginning (at the Western School only).

The 2023 Continuing Education schedule is being developed and may be di erent for each of the three schools.

For more information, visit https://www.cotton.org/ncga/ ginschool/index.cfm.

Wrap products will have to meet or exceed three main requirements in order to be approved:

1. Laboratory Testing

a. Specific Sampling Procedures.

b. Specific Material Strength Characteristic Testing.

2. Field Testing

a. Over time – 6-month test period.

b. In hot/moderate/cold environments.

c. In high UV exposure environments.

d. Under repeated exposure to rain, wind, snow, hail, etc.

3. Wrap Color

a. Improve detection using color-imaging systems.

b. Allowable/Recommended Colors:

i. Any color except clear, white, tan, brown or black.

ii. Recommended Color: Pantone 306C.

For questions or to begin testing in order to be on the approved listing, please email wrapstandard@cotton.org.

Cotton’s Calendar

 Feb. 10-12: NCC Annual Meeting, Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, Texas

 Feb. 15: PCCA Board, Delegate Body & Marketing Pool Committee Meetings, Lubbock, Texas

 Feb. 21: Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Annual Meeting, Taylor County Expo Center, Abilene, Texas

 Feb. 23: SCGA Annual Meeting, The Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee

 Feb. 24-25: 71st Mid-South Farm and Gin Show, Renasant Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee

 Feb. 28: Great Plains Cotton Conference, Pratt County 4-H Events Center, Pratt, Kansas

 March 6-8: Cotton Board Meeting, Omni-Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

 March 15: Staplcotn Board Meeting, 214 W Market Street, Greenwood, Mississippi

 March 16: Calcot Board of Directors Meeting, Zoom Meeting

 March 27: Plains Cotton Growers Inc. Board of Directors Meeting, Lubbock, Texas

 March 28: Plains Cotton Growers Inc. Annual Meeting, Lubbock, Texas

 March 30-31: TCGA Gin Show, Lubbock, Texas

 April 14-15: Oklahoma Cotton Council’s Annual Denim Ball, Skirvin Hilton, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 April 14-15: American Cotton Producers, Hyatt Regency DFW, Dallas, Texas

 April 19: PCCA Board & Delegate Body Meetings, Lubbock, Texas

Round Module Wrap Standard

According to the National Cotton Council, protecting the quality of our cotton is more important than ever.

On Feb. 15, 2022, the new voluntary round module wrap standard was approved and published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).

This standard protects the industry against inferior wrap products that are beginning to enter the U.S. market and could cause contamination. The standard was developed using measurements from wrap products that perform at levels acceptable to the U.S. cotton industry.

The National Cotton Council will maintain the database of approved wrap products on its website at https://www.cot ton.org/tech/quality/contamfree.cfm.

Producers are urged to only use the approved wrap products, which will greatly reduce the chance for plastic contamination.

 May 17: PCCA Board of Directors Meeting, Lubbock, Texas

 May 18: Calcot Board of Directors Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona

 May 31-June 2: Texas Cotton Association’s 112th Annual Convention, Louisiana Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas

 June 4-7: NCPA 2023 Annual Meeting, Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona

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