Blog Posts
August 2018
Cotton Gins Do Not Need Predominate Use Study
We have received reports that some consultants are calling gins and encouraging the gins to get a predominate use study done for sales [...]
District Meeting Power Point Now Available on Web Site and Can you See this Poster in your office?
We have received several requests for a copy of the District Meeting Power Point presentation. In response, we have posted the presentation on [...]
Proper Round Module Wrap Removal Technique Poster has been Updated
A week ago, we forwarded a poster from NCGA that was originally sent from TAMA. This poster is in English and Spanish, and shows [...]
July 2018
New Poster Available to Show Workers Proper Round Module Wrap Removal Technique
We received a poster from NCGA earlier this week that was originally sent from TAMA. This poster is in English and Spanish, and [...]
June 2018
OSHA Electronic Reporting Due July 1
Cotton gins are required to submit the data from their 2017 OSHA 300A forms by July 1 2018. With the deadline about 30 [...]
May 2018
TCGA Summer Membership Meeting – Second Notice
This is your second notice for the TCGA summer membership meeting! Click here for PDF version Click here to make your hotel reservation [...]
April 2018
2017 Wage and Hour Citations Settled
Eight gins were cited by the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division in 2017. These cases were settled this week. There are [...]
Cotton Gin on Display at Bullock Museum
TCGA Staff was treated to a unique experience last Friday. Tom Wancho, the Exhibits Planner for the Bullock Texas State History Museum invited [...]
TCGA 2018 Summer Membership Meeting Notice – Gin Members Only
TCGA Gin Members - Please click on the link below for information on the 2018 Summer Membership Meeting. Click here for Summer Membership [...]
March 2018
TCGA Cotton Trade Show Reminders – Golf & Domino Tournament Registration Plus Trade Show Pre-Registration Reminder
TCGA's 111th Annual Meeting & Cotton Trade Show will take place April 5 & 6 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. We are [...]
Summer Peak Pricing Likely to be High This Summer in ERCOT
Bill Thomas has let us know that summer pricing is rising significantly for 2018, due to three large coal plants shutting down in [...]
USDA Announces Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program
USDA Released the following statement on Saturday: USDA Helps Cotton Producers Maintain, Expand Domestic Market (MEMPHIS, TN, March 3, 2018) – U.S. [...]
February 2018
Nine Gins Inspected by Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division
So far, we are in communication with nine gins that have been inspected by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of [...]
January 2018
Texas Cotton Ginners Trust Safety Alerts
The Trust has sent us two additional safety alerts which we thought should be shared with all TCGA members. Please take a minute [...]
DOL Wage and Hour Inspectors Visiting Lubbock Area Gins
Inspectors from the Wage and Hour division of the Department of Labor are making the rounds again this year. So far they have [...]
