Cotton Ginning - Thursday Morning Session

Thursday, January 7, 2010: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Preservation Hall Studios 1, 2, & 3 (New Orleans Marriott)
Presiding:
Kirk Gilkey
Organizer:
Harrison Ashley
8:00 AM
Declining Cotton Acreage Impacts on U.S. Cotton Ginning Industry Structure and Costs
Maria Erlinda Mutuc, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Darren Hudson, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University
8:15 AM
Measuring the Supply of Cotton Ginning Infrastructure in Louisiana
J. Matthew Fannin, LSU AgCenter; Kenneth Paxton, LSU AgCenter; Huizhen Niu, LSU AgCenter
8:30 AM
Benefits of Onsite Energy Production for Cotton Gins
Cory L. Multer, Texas A&M University; Calvin B. Parnell, Texas A&M University; Russell O. McGee; Sergio C. Capareda
8:45 AM
Cotton Program Grading Branch Operations
Chuck Dubose, USDA, AMS, Cotton and Tobacco Programs
10:15 AM
Q & A Session
Robert Royal, N/a