All-New Gin Boasts Highest Capacity In Texas
Thomas D. Valco
USDA-ARS
Stoneville, Miss
Condensed Ginning Season
The first option under consideration was to buy a used gin. Kennedy, LCG gin manager Jerry Butman and several other members of the coop traveled to California, Arkansas and Missouri to look at facilities in those areas. After determining that a new plant would offer more efficiency, Lummus Corporation worked with the group to construct the all-new LCG Coop Gin as a turn-key project, featuring state-of-the-art equipment.
The new gin plant initially is set up to gin 90 bales per hour, which translates to a target of 1,500 bales per day. By increasing the daily output, LCG can decrease its per-bale labor cost and electrical and gas consumption cost at the same time. From a gin manager's standpoint, Butman says that the new facility is larger, so he will have to hire a few more employees to keep the gin running smoothly.
"However," he says, "we will be ginning fewer days, which will offset the labor costs. The condensed season also will benefit our producers by giving them the chance to take advantage of marketing opportunities that come along. Even though we are in a pool, it's hard to sell cotton in March that's sitting in a module vs. a bale."
source : cottonfarming
Thomas D. Valco
USDA-ARS
Stoneville, Miss
Condensed Ginning Season
The first option under consideration was to buy a used gin. Kennedy, LCG gin manager Jerry Butman and several other members of the coop traveled to California, Arkansas and Missouri to look at facilities in those areas. After determining that a new plant would offer more efficiency, Lummus Corporation worked with the group to construct the all-new LCG Coop Gin as a turn-key project, featuring state-of-the-art equipment.
The new gin plant initially is set up to gin 90 bales per hour, which translates to a target of 1,500 bales per day. By increasing the daily output, LCG can decrease its per-bale labor cost and electrical and gas consumption cost at the same time. From a gin manager's standpoint, Butman says that the new facility is larger, so he will have to hire a few more employees to keep the gin running smoothly.
"However," he says, "we will be ginning fewer days, which will offset the labor costs. The condensed season also will benefit our producers by giving them the chance to take advantage of marketing opportunities that come along. Even though we are in a pool, it's hard to sell cotton in March that's sitting in a module vs. a bale."
source : cottonfarming
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