Beltwide Cotton Conferences to Feature Ginning Sessions

By Jim.Robinson|November 1, 2011

The ’12 Beltwide Cotton Ginning Conference will offer ginner attendees multiple reports with practical applications. The Ginning Conference is one of 13 cotton technical conferences to be held at the ’12 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Jan. 3-6 at the Orlando World Center Marriott. Registration and hotel information for the forum is at http://www.cotton.org/beltwide/

The Ginning Conference’s two sessions will be held on Thursday, January 5 from 1:30 pm to 6 pm, and Friday, January 6 from 8 am until noon. The full program, which features reports ranging from “Ginner’s Experience in the Ginning of Onboard Picker Built Modules” to “Effect of Harvesting Methods and Cotton Fiber Maturity on Yarn Quality,” is on the NCGA’s website www.cotton.org/ncga/index.cfm.

Several of the ginning conference’s presentations will focus on phone and computer applications to assist in the movement of cotton from the field and through the ginning system to new automated cotton bale bagging systems that will help reduce labor. Other reports will address such timely topics as safety, quality, bale moisture testing, gin emissions sampling and lint cleaner research.

NCGA President Kent Fountain, a Georgia ginner, encouraged ginners to attend the conference.

“The Cotton Ginning Conference provides a forum for researchers and industry representatives to exchange information on new technology aimed at improving gin operation efficiency and preserving fiber quality,” he said. “This year’s sessions will offer proven steps our ginners can take to achieve those goals.”