New technologies for cotton gins combine for big savings.

From: Agricultural Research | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Core, Jim | Copyright information

The ginning industry has faced many challenges in recent years. In fact, the number of gins operating in the United States has declined from 2,254 in 1980 to 896 in 2004. That's why the Cotton Ginning Research Unit in Stoneville, Mississippi, is committed to helping solve problems facing domestic gins.

Initial research at the Stoneville lab in 1931 produced a patented method to remove excess moisture from cotton. Today the Stoneville lab takes a holistic approach to ginn...

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