Cotton Ginning - Thursday Early Afternoon

Thursday, January 6, 2011: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Atrium - 601 (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
Presiding:
Kirk Gilkey
1:30 PM
Quality of 2010 Cotton Crop
Robbie Seals, USDA/AMS/Cotton Program
1:45 PM
Ginning U.S. Cotton for Domestic and Export Markets
S. E. Hughs, USDA-ARS-Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; C. B. Armijo, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; R. K. Byler, USDA-ARS; D. P. Whitelock, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
2:15 PM
Microwave Moisture Imaging of Cotton Bales with Metal Wire-Ties
Mathew G. Pelletier, USDA-ARS; Steve T. Evans, Cherokee Fabrication Co. Inc.; Joseph A. Viera, Microsemi Corp. Sensors Group; Greg A. Holt, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit; John D. Wanjura, USDA-ARS
2:30 PM
Evaluation of AN EXPERIMENTAL MASS-FLOW Sensor of COTTON Lint at the GIN
Ruixiu Sui, USDA-ARS Crop Production Systems Research Unit; R. K. Byler, USDA-ARS
2:45 PM
Cultivar Differences In Fiber-Seed Attachment Force: Measurement Techniques
J. Clif Boykin, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Efrem Bechere, USDA-ARS; W.R. Meredith USDA ARS, USDA-ARS
3:00 PM
Survey of Seed Cotton Cleaning Equipment In Mid-South Gins
Robert G. Hardin IV, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Thomas D. Valco, USDA, ARS; Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit
3:15 PM
Effects of Processing Rate on Seed Cotton Cleaning Equipment Performance
Robert G. Hardin IV, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit