Thursday, January 4, 2018: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
	Salon A (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
			
			
	
	
		
			1:45 PM
		
	
	
	
		
			
				Current University and USDA Lab Cotton Contamination Research
			
			
				
					
						Derek P. Whitelock, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; 
					
						Mathew G. Pelletier, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit; 
					
						J. Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M University; 
					
						Michael D. Buser, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; 
					
						Bugao Xu, University of North Texas; 
					
						Christopher D. Delhom, USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center; 
					
						Robert G. Hardin, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit
					
				
			
			
		
	 
 
	
			
			
	
	
			
			
	
	
			
			
	
	
			
			
	
	
			
			
	
	
			
			
	
	
			
			
	
	
		
			3:15 PM
		
	
	
	
		
			
				The Cost of Ginning Cotton: 2016 Survey Results
			
			
				
					
						Thomas D. Valco, Retired - USDA, ARS; 
					
						W. Harrison Ashley, National Cotton Council; 
					
						Dennis S. Findley, Jr., Southeastern Cotton Ginners Association; 
					
						J. Kelley Green, Texas Cotton Ginners Association; 
					
						Roger A. Isom, California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association; 
					
						Timothy L. Price, Southern Cotton Ginners Association