Gin School Registration is now open! Register early, as the Lubbock school does tend to fill up early! As always, the Lubbock Gin School is just prior to the TCGA Gin Show, so come to Lubbock and make a week of it! Click on the link below to register for the 2025 NCGA Gin Schools. [...]
As has been the case for several years, Ginners are again being requested to assist the National Cotton Council with their planting intentions survey. Please take a few minutes to review and complete this important survey by clicking on the link below: Ginners Planting Intentions survey for 2025: https://www.cotton.org/survey/25ginacres
Due to a federal Court of Appeals ruling on December 23, the beneficial ownership reporting is back in effect. The new deadline to report is January 13, 2025. If you have not already done so, please log onto the BOE website, and get your registration done right away. Here is the link: BOI E-FILING This is [...]
As the year ends, time is rapidly running out for passage of an economic assistance package in Washington. The National Cotton Council is requesting all of our help right away. Please take a moment to review the information below and to contact your congressman. The National Cotton Council urges all members to contact their Congressman [...]
It is now time to complete your required filings under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The court challenges seem to be completed, and the rule is still in effect, with a deadline of January 1, 2025, which is prior to the time when we will change administrations. There are substantial fines for failing to follow [...]
EPA has announced their new PM NAAQS Standard. As expected, they have significantly lowered the primary PM2.5 annual limit from 12 ug/m3 to 9 ug/m3. The good news is that they did not change the primary 24-hour PM2.5 or PM10 limits, or any of the secondary limits. We are digging through the details of this [...]
As a reminder, if you have not already completed the NCC planting intentions survey, please take a few minutes to do so. Here is the original post: The National Cotton Council is requesting your assistance to help with the planting intentions survey. Please take a few moments to complete this short survey - your assistance [...]
We are saddened to have to report that Lance Pernell passed away on December 9, 2023. His obituary from the Moore-Rose Funeral Home is listed below: RANCE'S OBITUARY On Saturday, December 9, 2023, our Rock, Protector, Husband, Dad, Son and Brother, Rance Pernell, was called to the Lord at the age of 49. Rance Lynn [...]
Please see the following important information from the National Cotton Ginners Association: Currently, there is no language within the JCIBPC Bale Packaging Specifications or USDA regulations that prohibits the application of any type of sticker to the outside of a bale. There are concerns that messages or images of any kind other than normal business/logistics [...]
The following article is from this Week's edition of Cotton's Week: Purchasers of round module wrap are encouraged to purchase wrap material that meets the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Cotton Module Cover Material Performance Standard. To inform the purchase decision, the NCC maintains a database of approved wrap products on its [...]
