Cotton Ginning - Thursday Early Afternoon

Thursday, January 4, 2018: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Salon A (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
1:30 PM
Quality of 2017 Cotton Crop
Robbie L Seals, USDA, AMS Cotton and Tobacco Program
1:45 PM
Current University and USDA Lab Cotton Contamination Research
Derek P. Whitelock, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Mathew G. Pelletier, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit; J. Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M University; Michael D. Buser, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Bugao Xu, University of North Texas; Christopher D. Delhom, USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center; Robert G. Hardin, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit
2:00 PM
Panel - Contamination Issues and Prevention
Vikki B. Martin, Cotton Incorporated; Christopher D. Delhom, USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center; Gregory A. Holt, USDA ARS
2:20 PM
Panel - Contamination Issues and Prevention 2
George Hargrove, Barnhardt Manufacturing Company
2:40 PM
Panel - Contamination Issues and Prevention 4
Dahlen Hancock, Cotton Inc., Chairman
2:50 PM
3:00 PM
Detecting Plastic Trash in a Cotton Field with a UAV
Robert G. Hardin, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Yanbo Huang, USDA-ARS
3:15 PM
The Cost of Ginning Cotton: 2016 Survey Results
Thomas D. Valco, Retired - USDA, ARS; W. Harrison Ashley, National Cotton Council; Dennis S. Findley, Jr., Southeastern Cotton Ginners Association; J. Kelley Green, Texas Cotton Ginners Association; Roger A. Isom, California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association; Timothy L. Price, Southern Cotton Ginners Association