Thursday, January 8, 2009: 8:00 AM-10:30 AM

Salon D (Marriott Riverwalk Hotel)

Presiding:

Sledge Taylor

Organizers:

Thomas D. Valco and Harrison Ashley

8:00 AM

Welcoming Remarks

8:03 AM

The Cost of Ginning Cotton – 2007 Survey Results
Thomas D. Valco, USDA, ARS; J. Kelley Green, Texas Cotton Ginners' Association; Roger A. Isom, California Cotton Ginners' Association; Dennis S. Findley, Southeastern Cotton Ginners Assn.; Timothy L. Price, Southern Cotton Ginners Assoc; Harrison Ashley, National Cotton Council

Audio File Recorded presentation

8:15 AM

Community Level Economic Impacts and Outlook for Cotton Ginning from Structural Change in the Cotton Industry
J. Matthew Fannin, Louisiana State University; Kenneth W. Paxton, Louisiana State University

Audio File Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Characterization of Cotton Gin Particulate Matter Emissions - Project Plan
Michael D. Buser, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit; Derek P. Whitelock, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; J. Clif Boykin, USDA, ARS, Cotton Ginning Lab

Audio File Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

Reducing Ginning Electric Costs by Avoiding the ERCOT Summer Coincident Peak
Bill Thomas, Thomas Engineering, Inc.

Audio File Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

Focus on Ginning Costs - Presentation 1
David Blakemore, N/A

9:15 AM

Focus on Ginning Costs - Presentation 2
James Askew, Servico Gin Co.

Audio File Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

Focus on Ginning Costs - Presentation 3
Kelley Green, N/A

Audio File Recorded presentation