Blog Posts
March 2020
Update on FDA Email Issue
If you have received an email from FDA regarding your FDA registration, we have an update on what you should be doing. If [...]
FDA Emails Received by Gins – Here is how to respond
We have received a few reports of gins receiving an email from FDA. It will read as follows: "We are writing in regards [...]
February 2020
New I-9 Form Now Available
A new I-9 form was published by the USCIS last month. Employers should begin using this updated form as of January 31, 2020. [...]
January 2020
Time for the Annual Cost Survey – Please return yours if you have completed your ginning season
Each year, TCGA collects electricity, gas, and labor cost data from Texas cotton gins. This year, we plan to use a new survey [...]
December 2019
TCGA Moving on December 9
TCGA is moving to our new Office on Monday December 9. Due to several factors, our phones will be transferred on Thursday December [...]
November 2019
Duncan McCook to Join TCGA as new Manager of Regulatory Affairs
Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association (TCGA) is pleased to announce that Duncan McCook will be joining the TCGA team on January 1st. In his [...]
October 2019
Second Round of Social Security Administration No-Match Letters are being issue
It appears that a second round of Social Security Administration No-Match letters are being issued. We have received a few of these letters [...]
September 2019
Accurate and Prompt response to the price request within the USDA Cotton Ginning’s Report is Critical
The National Cotton Council Issues the following Memo yesterday: With the inclusion of seed cotton in Title I of the farm bill, ginners [...]
The National Cotton Council Announces 2018 Farm Bill Education Webinars
The National Cotton Council recently distributed a memo announcing sign‐up for the 2018 Farm Bill has begun. The National Cotton Council staff will [...]
July 2019
TAMA Offers Training for Gins on Contamination Prevention
Please see the attached letter from the National Cotton Council related to training assistance and a training video that are now available to [...]
TCGA to Add Manager of Regulatory Affairs
TCGA is adding a new position in Austin! The primary duties of this position will be to work with the Director of Technical [...]
June 2019
Social Security Administration Issues Letter Clarifying Intent of SSA Mis-Match Letters
The Social Security Administration (SSA) issued a letter to Congressman Costa from California earlier this week related to the "Educational Correspondence (EDCOR)/Employer Correction [...]
May 2019
SSA Update – Please read this if your BSO is not returning the Mis-Matched Names Properly
We have received calls from several gins that have gone through the process of obtaining the mismatch names from the Social Security Administration [...]
Problems with the Social Security BSO Web Site? Let us know
If you have logged onto the Social Security Administration (SSA) BSO web site, and could not find your mismatched names, please let us [...]
Corrected Update – Guidance on Replying to the Social Security Administration No-Match Letters
This is a corrected version of the article sent out Saturday. The links in the previous article did not work properly. I apologize [...]
