CottonConnect has already released and implemented codes of conduct for sustainable cotton farmers, regenerative cotton farmers, and sustainable linen farmers, and a resource for gins was the ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The rain we’re getting in October is too late to help cotton grow, so cotton gins are heading into another rough season. Many gins struggled last year because of weather ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - More cotton gins are closing or merging with others every year. As the drought took a toll on farmers’ operations, gins couldn’t harvest enough cash flow to stay afloat.

The cotton harvest in Marana must go on, whether or not any gins are nearby. This year the management of the Trico Gin, 15315 W. Silverbell Road — Marana's last operating cotton gin ...

But even though you and I can work well and hard in the heat, there comes a point where it’s safer to stop than continue our outdoor labor because it's just too dang hot. For cotton, it’s much ...

STAMFORD, Texas — When cotton farmers struggle, so do the gins that process it. As simple as a piece of cotton may seem, it affects the clothes we wear and even the products we use.

Arkansas cotton gins and bales ginned 1991-2023. (Image by Scott Stiles) There are 14 counties with gins, most of them nearer the Mississippi River. One is closer to central Arkansas in White County.

The same can’t be said for cotton gins, however. A number of them have closed in recent years as harvests have withered. Crop insurance doesn’t extend to gins.