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Time to Complete Your Cost Survey!

REMINDER!! - It is time once again to complete your cost survey for TCGA.  This data is very important for TCGA, as we use it for comparing the various power companies, and for development of arguments in our rate cases.  You can use this data to compare your operations efficiency with other gins throughout the [...]

By |2023-01-27T08:41:53-06:00January 27th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Time to Complete Your Cost Survey!

Time to POST the 2022 OSHA 300A Injury and Illness reporting forms

REMINDER - the OSHA 300A Form posting deadline is approaching.  The OSHA Record Keeping Rule requires employers keep records of all work-related injuries and illnesses.  This includes the OSHA 300, 300A and the First Report of Injury that employers must have on file.  If you do not already have copies of these forms, they can be accessed [...]

By |2023-01-09T14:21:47-06:00January 9th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Time to POST the 2022 OSHA 300A Injury and Illness reporting forms

Planting Intentions

PLEASE SEE FORWARDED MESSAGE BELOW FROM NCC: Dear Ginner, To allow the NCC to have the most complete planting intentions information, gins are being asked to participate in a short confidential online survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KL85XBM Gins are in constant contact with their producers and generally have a good idea as to the next season’s planting prospects.  [...]

By |2023-01-03T11:56:54-06:00January 3rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Planting Intentions

OSHA Injury Tracking Application Login Changes

Some of you may have recently received an email from the OSHA Office of Statistical Analysis.  This email details a login procedure change on the OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA).  The ITA is the database where you annually report injuries at your facility that you summarized on your OSHA 300A each year.  This information is [...]

By |2022-12-07T09:49:39-06:00December 7th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on OSHA Injury Tracking Application Login Changes

TDHCA Housing Inspections in West Texas – Call TCGA if you get inspected

We are receiving calls from multiple gins in West Texas concerning Housing Inspections by the Texas Dept of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).  We do not normally see TDHCA inspectors making random inspections.  These inspections are usually done by Wage and Hour for H2A purposes.  TDHCA apparently has a new supervisor instructing inspectors to perform [...]

By |2022-10-12T11:38:47-05:00October 12th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on TDHCA Housing Inspections in West Texas – Call TCGA if you get inspected

OSHA National Emphasis Program for Heat

On April 8 2022, OSHA launched a National Emphasis Program for Heat Related Illness and Injury.  This NEP requires each OSHA region to increase the number of heat inspections by 100 percent over the past five-year average.  OSHA will target workplaces in more than 70 industries at high risk for heat exposure, including agriculture, warehouses [...]

By |2022-06-13T14:49:02-05:00June 14th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on OSHA National Emphasis Program for Heat

Johnny Anderson

Message from Kody Bessent - CEO of Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. It is with great sadness that I pass along news that Johnny Anderson who served Plains Cotton Growers for over 31 years as the Director of Field Services until his retirement in 2017 unfortunately passed away yesterday evening. Please keep Johnny’s family in your [...]

By |2022-05-27T09:21:36-05:00May 27th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Johnny Anderson

LAST CHANCE – NCGA Cost Survey

WE PLAN TO COMPILE AND RELEASE THE COST DATA INFORMATION IN MAY.  PLEASE COMPLETE THIS COST SURVEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.   The USDA and NCGA developed an electronic version of the Gin Cost Survey.  We would very much appreciate your participation in this survey.  It will make the results more accurate and meaningful.  The gin’s [...]

By |2022-04-26T08:58:36-05:00April 26th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on LAST CHANCE – NCGA Cost Survey

ARS Ginning Labs Hosting Remaining Ginner Schools

Posting below is from Harrison Ashley with NCGA:  USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has announced that with COVID numbers continuing to fall, the ARS ginning laboratories in Las Cruces, NM, and Stoneville, MS, can host the remaining 2022 ginner schools. Ginners, gin managers and superintendents are urged to register for the Western Ginners School on [...]

By |2022-04-08T10:34:55-05:00April 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ARS Ginning Labs Hosting Remaining Ginner Schools

NCGA Cost Survey

PLEASE COMPLETE THE NCGA COST SURVEYS.  THIS INFORMATION WILL REPLACE THE TCGA COST SURVEYS DONE IN PAST YEARS.  The USDA and NCGA developed an electronic version of the Gin Cost Survey.  We plan to replace the normal TCGA Cost Survey with this version and then retrieve the Texas Gin information as needed.  We would very [...]

By |2022-04-06T09:27:15-05:00April 6th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on NCGA Cost Survey
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