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Whatever They’re Faced With, 3 template 3/7/14 3:26 PM Page 1Ginners Just ‘Handle It’ Ginners need to be ready for anything. It happens almost every year. Some kind of adverse weather or harvest condition complicates an already hectic job. It seems like gin season will never get here, and then all of a sudden it’s “all hands on deck” and we’re running 24/7. Then it happens. A huge rainstorm, snow, ice, wind, flood…. I could continue. And all the preparation goes out the window. As farmers move through harvest, the crop they’ve cared for all season is now out of their control. While some are relieved, others get very nervous. The ginners take over and bring the crop in, sort out the modules and gin the cotton to get the best return for their producers. Weather can be a huge wrench thrown in all that normally smooth-running machinery.
just handles it – the diversity thrown at farmers and ginners while trying to get a crop out. The first year I started, the upper Texas coast had huge flooding. Fields went under water and module trucks were pushed and pulled to the cotton that had been picked days before the floods. They cut the modules, left the rotting cotton in the field and got more cotton to the gin than anyone could have expected. That’s just one example. In the past couple years, West Texas has seen huge snows, and the Southeast has had massive rains from tropical systems. The ginners just handle it. This year, from South Texas to the Carolinas, ginners are handling cotton that isn’t completely defoliated, has sprouted, is soggy and, yes, much of it is BEAUTIFUL. Most ginners take the time necessary to get the job done. This typically means changing the process of ginning the cotton, which includes cleaning lint cleaners more often, slowing down and spreading out wet modules to let them air out.
Dealing With Adverse Weather
‘The Best Ones Don’t Panic’
In my short career, I’ve probably not seen it all, but I’ve seen a lot. I’ve been so proud to work with an industry that
One of the lessons I’ve learned by working for these guys (farmers and ginners) is that the best ones don’t panic.
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