Cotton Farming Ginners Marketplace April 2024

Ginners Marketplace

Morgan And Whitelock Chosen For NCGA Awards

Wes Morgan, a veteran North Carolina ginner who has provided outstanding service and leadership to the U.S. cotton industry, is the 2023 Horace Hayden National Cotton Ginner of the Year. He was recognized at the recent 2024 National Cotton Ginners Association’s annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.

The annual NCGA award is presented to a ginner in recognition of: 1) able, e icient and faithful service to the ginning industry and 2) continuing those principles exemplified and practiced by Horace Hayden, a former NCGA executive secretary.

Morgan is manager of Rolling Hills Gin, LLC, in New London, North Carolina. He has provided dedicated service and leadership to the industry during his career through participation in multiple organizations. He served as NCGA’s

president in 2019 and is a past president of Southeastern Cotton Ginners Association, among others. A graduate of the National Cotton Council’s Leadership Program, Morgan has served on multiple NCC committees and as a NCC director. He also is a member of the Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee.

The North Carolina native graduated from King’s College in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1987 with an accounting degree. Upon recognizing the nearest cotton gin was 80 miles away, Morgan, along with his father, built a cotton gin in 1996 to serve their local farming community. Even though he initially had no experience with cotton gins, he learned to manage the gin himself and made his gin one of the most e icient in the country.

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Derek Whitelock, le , and Wes Morgan were the recipients of two prestigious awards at the NCGA annual meeting.

Distinguished Service Recognition

The NCGA also recognized Dr. Derek Whitelock as recipient of the NCGA’s 2023-24 Charles C. Owen Distinguished Service Award. That award honors those who have provided a career of distinguished service to the U.S. ginning industry.

Whitelock, research leader at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas A&M University and then his Ph.D. in agricultural engineering at Oklahoma State University.

Over his 20-plus year career with USDA, Whitelock has been involved in countless research projects that added to the U.S. ginning industry’s success. Among those studies were focuses on lint cleaners, roller ginning, cotton contamination detection and extraction, as well as agricultural air quality. His innovative research in air quality and leadership contributions to the cotton ginning industry were recognized in 2020 when he received the ASABE Mayfield Cotton Engineering Award.

Whitelock has made substantial contributions to the NCGA through his active participation in gin schools, his role in the National Cotton Ginner Committee and his advisory capacities within the National Cotton Council.

During its annual meeting, the NCGA elected as its 2024 o icers: president — Richard Lindsey, Centre, Alabama; first vice president — Larry Black, Roscoe, Texas; second vice president — Brad Williams, Burlison, Tennessee; and third vice president, Tom Pires of Riverdale, California. Harrison Ashley, Cordova, Tennessee, is NCGA’s executive vice president.

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CCGGA Meets With U.S. Senator Butler And Congressman Costa

The California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association President/CEO Roger A. Isom attended and spoke at an invitation only meeting with United States Senator Laphonza Butler and Congressman Jim Costa.

Representatives from Westlands Water District, Friant Water Authority, San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority joined representatives from the Nisei Farmers League, California Fresh Fruit Association, African American Farmers of California, Fresno County Farm Bureau, California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association and the Western Agricultural Processors Association.

Discussions focused on water, immigration, exports and equity. Isom commented on how the lack of water is impacting crops in the San Joaquin Valley and highlighted the e orts of the San Joaquin Valley Blueprint and its goal of attempting to makeup the 2 million acre-feet of water shortfall to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

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