In the ongoing effort to eliminate plastic contamination, USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has developed a module feeder camera system with the associated components, which will allow a ginner to view their module feeder cylinders in order to detect contamination. They have published a detailed fact sheet that will allow ginners to build their own camera [...]
If you have received an email from FDA regarding your FDA registration, we have an update on what you should be doing. If you want to see what the emails look like, go to the bottom of this article - we have listed them there. The bottom line is that FDA folks say you respond [...]
We have received a few reports of gins receiving an email from FDA. It will read as follows: "We are writing in regards to your registration for (Insert Your Gin Name Here). We are currently undergoing a verification process. We need for you to verify the facility’s activities conducted. Is the food activity for human [...]
A new I-9 form was published by the USCIS last month. Employers should begin using this updated form as of January 31, 2020. A link to this form, and to the other required employment related forms is available on the TCGA web site. Click Here to access the TCGA forms page. In addition, here is [...]
Each year, TCGA collects electricity, gas, and labor cost data from Texas cotton gins. This year, we plan to use a new survey system, in conjunction with the USDA-ARS Ginning Laboratory in Lubbock. The USDA has conducted a nationwide study every three years in the past, and has developed a new system, where the data [...]
TCGA is moving to our new Office on Monday December 9. Due to several factors, our phones will be transferred on Thursday December 5. During this time, the phones are supposed to automatically forward, but if you have any trouble reaching us, please call our cell phones, or send us an email. Here is our [...]
Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association (TCGA) is pleased to announce that Duncan McCook will be joining the TCGA team on January 1st. In his new role as Manager of Regulatory Affairs, Duncan will be working with Kelley to serve TCGA membership with regulatory compliance. Duncan will add a lot of depth to our team in terms [...]
It appears that a second round of Social Security Administration No-Match letters are being issued. We have received a few of these letters in the TCGA office. If you receive one of these letters, please forward it to the TCGA office, and we will be glad to help you through this process. We will be [...]
The National Cotton Council Issues the following Memo yesterday: With the inclusion of seed cotton in Title I of the farm bill, ginners play a critical role in the determination of the cottonseed price component of the seed cotton price calculation. It is critical that gins accurately and promptly respond to the price request within [...]
The National Cotton Council recently distributed a memo announcing sign‐up for the 2018 Farm Bill has begun. The National Cotton Council staff will conduct 2018 Farm Bill education webinars later this month as follows: Thursday, September 19, 8:00 am Monday, September 23, 8:00 am Wednesday, September 25, 8:00 am Thursday, September 26, 10:00 am Click [...]
