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 [...]
Ransom Canyon- Fred Jones, 89, of Ransom Canyon, passed from this life Tuesday, September 6, 2022. Fred, third of seven children, was born April 3, 1933 in Pottsville Arkansas to Carl and Rhea (Speer) Jones. The family moved to the Lubbock Area in 1940. Fred is survived by his wife, Sandra, 1 sister, Becky of [...]
Frank Thompson passed away on June 20, 2022, just shy of his 93rd birthday, in Lubbock surrounded by his beloved family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Les and Jessie Thompson, his sons, Kerry Wayne Thompson and Billy Carroll Ragsdale, and his daughter-in-law Janett Thompson. He is survived by his loving and caring [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Texas handed PPF Gin & Warehouse, LLC a big win by denying Delta County Appraisal District's petition for Review. In this case, the Court of Appeals had essentially ruled that module trucks cannot be included as taxable property in the Appraisal District's valuation. The basis of this ruling [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
