Blog Posts
May 2025
LAST CHANCE – VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER – Please Complete the Gin Cost Survey
We plan to publish the Cost Survey info this month. If you have not had the opportunity to provide the survey information, please [...]
April 2025
2024-25 Cost Survey
The first District Meetings are coming up soon. We would like to report Cost Survey results at these meetings. We would appreciate you [...]
March 2025
Latest Update on the Corporate Transparency Act Beneficial Ownership Requirements
The Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) made the news again. It does not look like it is gone [...]
February 2025
It is time for Gin School!
Gin School Registration is now open! Register early, as the Lubbock school does tend to fill up early! As always, the Lubbock Gin [...]
January 2025
Required Annual Posting of OSHA Injury and Illness Reports – 2024
REMINDER - OSHA requires annual posting of injury and illness data. Cotton gins, grain, feed and processing facilities are required to complete the [...]
It is Cost Survey time again!
It is time once again to complete your cost survey for the 2024 Ginning Season. This data is very important for TCGA, as [...]
PPP Loan Scam
We received notice from a few gin members that some of their growers are receiving scam phone calls regarding their PPP Loans. Apparently, [...]
2025 Ginner Planting Intentions Survey
As has been the case for several years, Ginners are again being requested to assist the National Cotton Council with their planting intentions [...]
December 2024
Beneficial Ownership Reporting Back in Effect!
Due to a federal Court of Appeals ruling on December 23, the beneficial ownership reporting is back in effect. The new deadline to [...]
2025 AEWR Rates Published in Federal Register
The 2025 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) were published in the Federal Register on December 16. The new by state are shown below: [...]
NEW Annual Notifications to TCEQ
There is a new TCEQ notification requirement for facilities with certain types of permits without an expiration date (open-ended), including certain Air Permits [...]
New 2025 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR)
The 2025 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) are expected to be published in the Federal Register soon. This generally occurs at the end [...]
National Cotton Council Action Alert
As the year ends, time is rapidly running out for passage of an economic assistance package in Washington. The National Cotton Council is [...]
National Injunction delaying enforceability of Corporate Transparency Act
We are still gathering some information on this decision, but the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide [...]
November 2024
Gin Yard Access for Pedestrians Policy
As you may know, there was recently a serious accident resulting in two fatalities at a cotton gin in the Mid-South. Two people [...]
