Friday, January 12, 2007: 8:10 AM-12:00 PM
Grand Ballroom D (Sheraton New Orleans)
Cotton Ginning - Friday Morning Session
Presiding:Van F. Murphy, B.C.T. Gin Co., Inc., Quitman, GA
8:10 AM Welcoming Remarks 
8:15 AM 
Beltwide Gin Sampling - First Season 
Derek P. Whitelock1, Michael D. Buser2, Carlos B. Armijo1, Gregory A. Holt2, J. Clif Boykin3, Thomas D. Valco4, Dennis S. Findley5, Edward M. Barnes6 and Michael D. Watson6, (1)USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Las Cruces, NM, (2)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, (3)USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, (4)USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, (5)Southeastern Cotton Ginners Assn., Dawsonville, GA, (6)Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
8:30 AM 
Long Term Storage Effects on the Fiber and Textile Quality of Polyethylene Wrapped Cotton Bales   
Ed Hughs, USDA-ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Laboratory, Las Cruces, NM, Gary R. Gamble, USDA-ARS, Cotton Quality Research Station, Clemson, SC and Dennis Tristao, J. G. Boswell Company, Corcoran, CA
8:45 AM 
Mitigating Cotton Stickiness Caused by Insects   
Paul A. Funk1, S. Ed Hughs1, Gary R. Gamble2 and Antoine Fleury3, (1)USDA-ARS-Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM, (2)USDA-ARS, Cotton Quality Research Station, Clemson, SC, (3)Lallemand Animal Nutrition, Blagnac Cedex, France
9:00 AM 
On-line Fiber Length Measurement at the Gin   
David McAlister.III1, Joe Mansfield1, Warren Landis1 and Yankey Joe2, (1)Uster Technologies, Knoxville 37919, TN, (2)Uster Technologies, Knoxville, TN
9:15 AM 
Global Expansion of Instrument Cotton Classification   
James L. Knowlton, USDA, AMS, Cotton Program, Memphis, TN
9:30 AM 
Legal Issues in Cottonseed Merchandising   
John W. Lewis, Frost, Brown, Todd, LLC, Nashville, TN
10:00 AM Break 
10:30 AM 
Research Directions for the Cotton Quality Research Station at Clemson   
Devron P. Thibodeaux, USDA-ARS-CQRS, Clemson, SC
10:45 AM 
Biosecurity/Agroterrorism and the Cotton Industry   
P. J. Wakelyn1, A. Kelly1 and D.W. Thompson2, (1)National Cotton Council, Washington, DC, (2)National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN
11:00 AM 
Considerations of Organic Cotton Production and Ginning 
Denise A. McWilliams, New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service, Las Cruces, NM, Phillip J. Wakelyn, National Cotton Council of America, Washington, DC and Ed Hughs, USDA-ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Laboratory, Las Cruces, NM
11:15 AM 
Flammability of Cotton Gin Trash/Burrs   
S. E. Hughs, USDA-ARS, Mesilla Park, NM, P. J. Wakelyn, National Cotton Council, Washington, DC and J.K. Green, TX Cotton Ginners' Assn., Austin, TX
11:30 AM 
The Effect of Working Elements in the Fixed Batt Saw Lint Cleaner on Ginned Fibre Properties   
S. G. Gordon, Belmont, Victoria, Australia and K. M. Bagshaw, CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology, Belmont, Australia
11:45 AM Adjourn 
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