City of Gregory orders evacuations after fire at Gregory cotton gin spreads | Fire crews from multiple agencies continue to battle blaze in high winds

Fire crews are battling a blaze at the Gregory Gin Company under windy conditions. The City of Gregory has requested citizens ...
The Journal

Arkansas loses a cotton gin in 2023, reflecting larger trend

The gins that remain can process much higher volumes than in past years, thanks to innovations from field to gin. One of those includes compacting harvested bolls into rectangular or round modules to ...
Arizona Daily Star

Cotton gin era may be near an end

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 — announced the ...

From the Ground Up: Innovation in the cotton industry

Round bale technology has helped increase both the yield and the efficiency of the harvest. In the past, the standard has been 12 to 15 bales per hour. Now many farmers are able to harvest anywhere ...
KAIT

Clay County now home to new cotton gin

RECTOR, Ark. (KAIT) - Farmers in Region 8 may not have to travel far to get their cotton ginned. One company has been ginning for generations. Graves Gin in Rector processes locally grown cotton that ...
Arizona Daily Star

Marana's last cotton gin closes, but harvest goes on

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 — announced the ...
KCBD

Cotton gin mergers more common as businesses struggle during drought

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.
FOX13 Memphis

Health department shuts down Memphis cotton gin for permit violations

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Shelby County Health Department shut down a Memphis cotton gin on Wednesday. Planters Gin Company, Inc. on Mallory Avenue was closed for permit violations and pollution concerns.
Post and Courier

SC Ag Department, others getting little back from cotton gin's bankruptcy

The bankruptcy of a longtime family business that served Pee Dee farmers for more than 75 years is finally winding down, leaving creditors — including the S.C. Department of Agriculture — with payouts ...
WCBD

Renovations complete at Boone Hall’s Cotton Gin House

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Boone Hall Plantation is celebrating the completion of a newly renovated multi-use event space on the property. The historic Cotton Gin House was built in the 1850s for ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

8 in 10 cotton gin employers investigated in Southeast violated labor laws

Federal investigators uncovered scores of labor violations in the cotton production industry. In a 17-month stretch between November 2019 and March 2021, authorities investigated 71 cotton gin ...