Cotton Ginning - Wednesday Afternoon Session

Wednesday, January 6, 2010: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Preservation Hall Studios 1, 2, & 3 (New Orleans Marriott)
Presiding:
Sledge Taylor
Organizer:
Harrison Ashley
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
Ginning Picker and Stripper Harvested High Plains Cotton
J.D. Wanjura, USDA-ARS; W. B. Faulkner, Texas A&M University; G.A. Holt, USDA-ARS
2:00 PM
Automation of the Cherokee Round-Up Module Unwrapper
Mark D. Cory, Cherokee Fabrication Co. Inc.; Steve T. Evans, Cherokee Fabrication Co. Inc.
2:15 PM
Ginning Three Module Types and the Resulting Fiber Quality
Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS; M.H. Willcutt, Mississippi State University; Michael J. Buschermohle, University of Tennessee; William D. Mayfield, Mayfield Consultants; Edward M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated
2:30 PM
Quality Comparison of Saw and Roller Ginning Three Mid-South Cultivars
Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS; Robert G. Hardin IV, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Laboratory; C. D. Delhom, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Carlos B. Armijo, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
3:00 PM
Multibar Sawless Lint Cleaner Lag Set Selection Using Desirability Functions and Cluster Analysis
G.A. Holt, USDA-ARS; J.D. Wanjura, USDA-ARS; Gary Gamble, Agricultural Research Service, USDA; Devron Thibodeaux, Agricultural Research Service, USDA; Roy V. Baker, Retired USDA-ARS; Carlos Armijo, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Edward M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated
3:30 PM
Break
4:00 PM
Meeting International Fiber Quality Demands
Michael D. Watson, Cotton Incorporated; Vikki B. Martin, Cotton Incorporated
4:30 PM
4:45 PM
A Non-Invasive Cotton Moisture Measuring Device for Ginning
Andrzej S. Krajewski, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering; Stuart G. Gordon, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering
5:00 PM
The State of the U.S. Ginning Industry
Charles C. Owen, Glenbar Gin, Inc.