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Cotton Incorporated’s Innovative Harvest Initiative

Cotton Incorporated’s Innovative Harvest Initiative. Ed Barnes Agricultural Research Cotton Incorporated – Cary, NC. Presentation Overview. Answer the questions about the Cotton Incorporated study: Who When, what, where Results: Coming to the farm press near you in summer of 2008.

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Cotton Incorporated’s Innovative Harvest Initiative

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  1. Cotton Incorporated’sInnovative Harvest Initiative Ed BarnesAgricultural ResearchCotton Incorporated – Cary, NC

  2. Presentation Overview • Answer the questions about the Cotton Incorporated study: • Who • When, what, where • Results: • Coming to the farm press near you in summer of 2008

  3. Organizations Participating • Grower Cooperators • Picker manufacturers • Texas A&M • Mississippi State University • USDA, ARS Gin Labs • University of Arkansas

  4. Public Sector Experts • Texas A&M • Steve Searcy; Calvin Parnell; Bryan Shaw; Brock Faulkner; Shay Simpson • UDSA ARS Gin Labs • Lubbock: John Wanjura; Greg Holt • New Mexico: Paul Funk • Mississippi: Rick Byler

  5. Experts (Continued) • Mississippi State University • Engineer: Herb Willcutt • Economists: John Anderson, Gregg Ibendahl, and Jon Black • Cotton Incorporated • Jeanne Reeves • University of Arkansas • Subodh Kulkarni

  6. Innovative Harvest Study Overview • Efficiency documentation • Time & motion • Fuel use data • Includes: Conventional 6-row; Strippers; New Systems • Storage studies • How well is quantity and quality preserved during seed cotton storage? • Economic model development • Complete SYSTEM evaluation • From field to bale • Impact on ginning rate

  7. Ginning Rate vs. Module Status

  8. Time-line • 2003 – Texas State Support Committee et al. start module storage quality project • Texas A&M: Steve Searcy, Calvin Parnell, Shay Simpson • 2004 – Added objectives to devise a system to transport seed cotton by semi-trailer

  9. Time-Line (Cont.) • 2005 – Cotton Incorporated Board of Directors support plans to begin “Innovative Harvest Initiative” in 2006 • 2006 – Studies begin • Documenting conventional 6-row system fuel use / time & motion • NC and Mississippi • Model building begins • First storage study with Deere

  10. Time-Line (cont) • 2007 – Start field studies with new systems • Strippers added to evaluation by coordination with a Texas State Support project (Bryan Shaw and Brock Faulkner) • Field studies with new systems: • Texas; Mississippi; Missouri

  11. 2008 Plans • Continue efficiency studies • Ginning Rate Measurements • Field Storage Studies • Soil Compaction • First Release of Combined Results planned for June/July 2008

  12. Questions? Email: ebarnes@cottoninc.com

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