Tom Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated, 6399 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC 27513
The mission of Cotton Incorporated is to increase the demand for and profitability of cotton. Improving the profitability of cotton production can only be accomplished by reducing input costs or by increasing the value of the outputs. The goal of the cottonseed program is to increase the value of the non-lint outputs of cotton ginning (seed, motes and waste). The value of cottonseed has been improved by increasing the demand for cottonseed. The increased demand for all fats and oils, for use in Biodiesel, has also helped improve the value of cottonseed. The conversion of gin waste into value-added products is beginning to have a similar effect on the value of gin waste. The use of gin waste as a component in erosion control products, building products, composites and laminates represents an opportunity to dramatically increase the value of cotton gin waste.
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