Is the cotton gin still around today?

It most definitely is around today! In fact in my part of West Texas the cotton gins are running full speed to get the crop which has been harvested ginned. I can hear the whine of the one running in Anson, TX when I step outside. read more

In the cotton which is ginned, for every bale of cotton there is usually around 750 to 800 lbs of seed. Today’s cotton strippers will have a small gin on the stripper itself to remove a large amount of the burrs and some of the sticks. read more

Modern cotton gins create a substantial amount of cotton gin residue (CGR) consisting of sticks, leaves, dirt, immature bolls, and cottonseed. Research is currently under way to investigate the use of this waste in producing ethanol. read more