Sunday, May 30, 2010

National Ginners Choose Gilkey



The National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) has elected the following officers for 2010.

The group includes: president, Kirk Gilkey, manager of Cross Creek Gin, LLC in Corcoran, Calif.; first vice president, Kent Fountain, Surrency, Ga.; second vice president, Lee Tiller, Odem, Texas; third vice president, Curtis Stewart, Dumas, Ark.; and chairman, Sledge Taylor, Como, Miss. Harrison Ashley of Memphis serves as NCGA's executive vice president.

Dodson Elected ACP Chairman

James F. "Jimmy" Dodson, a Robs-town, Texas, producer, was elected as chairman of the American Cotton Producers (ACP) of the National Cotton Council (NCC) for 2010.

Dodson has served on and chaired various ACP committees, including his current chairmanship of the ACP Farm Policy Committee.

Darnielle To Lead CCI

Wally Darneille, a Lubbock, Texas, cooperative official, will serve as 2010 president of Cotton Council Inter-national (CCI). CCI is the National Cotton Council's (NCC) export promotions arm and carries out programs in more than 50 countries.

Darneille, who is president and CEO of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association, serves on the boards of the NCC, AMCOT, Telmark, the Southwest Council of Agribusiness, the Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council, Denimatrix and The Seam.

source : cottonfarming

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