If you have not looked at the Paycheck Protection Act, now might be an ideal time to explore the option. The Federal Government recently extended the program after $130 billion of the $660 billion program went uncollected. The extension to apply gives businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic more time to apply for federal funds. [...]
All remaining TCGA safety seminars have been cancelled. TCGA never sent out registration for meetings this year, so hopefully you had not made plans to attend. This email is just to let you know cancellation of all 2020 safety seminars is official. Several of our venues for safety seminars are not able to host meetings [...]
We have received a few questions related to H-2A workers that are important to ginners considering the use of H-2A workers. First of all, several ginners have asked about whether H-2A workers have to be paid overtime. The answer is yes they do at a cotton gin. Workers at a cotton gin are subject to [...]
The Texas Cotton Ginners' Trust will hold their annual meeting on June 30, 2020 at 10:00 am, following the Texas Cotton Ginners' Association Board of Directors Meeting. It will be held in the Royal BC Ballroom at the Omni Barton Creek Resort, 8212 Barton Club Drive, Austin Texas 78735. Click Here to view a copy [...]
The National Cotton Council has launched a new Contamination-Free Cotton Resource page. This page contains many useful links related to preventing plastic contamination. Here is the link to the NCC web page: http://www.cotton.org/tech/quality/contamfree.cfm This page is also available on the TCGA members-only web page.
Today is the deadline for the cottonseed survey! If you have not already done so, please return your survey right away. Here is the original post from last week: The National Cotton Ginner’s Association is in urgent need of cottonseed data. NCGA and NCC are working continually on funding issues related to the COVID-19 crisis, [...]
The Plastics in Cotton Seminar hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension was excellent! If you missed it, or if you would just like to watch some portion of it again, the recording is available at the following link: https://youtu.be/GeFBzgbMO4k
On May 6 from 8:30am - 12:00 pm, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension will be hosting an online Plastics in Cotton Seminar. Our own Tony Williams will be part of the speaker panel for this event. Registration is free, but the registration deadline is today. Click Here to register for the seminar. [...]
Two new Resource Pages are available which contain a lot of information that may be helpful for your operation. Both of these pages have been Posted to the TCGA Covid-19 resource page. Here are the links: USDA Covid-19 Resource Guide OSHA Covid-19 Resource Page
The DOL has posted the rules on paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. These rules are quite lengthy, but if you have workers who do end up taking leave under this act, this could be a good reference resource for you. Most items have been covered under various other articles, but there [...]
