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CONTAMINATION FREE COTTON<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n KEEP IT CLEAN AND PURE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n PREVENT LINT CONTAMINATION <\/span><\/span>\u2026 clean cotton means satisfied customers!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n PROTECT YOUR COTTON FIBER <\/span><\/span>\u2026 and you will preserve your markets!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Even the tiniest particles can contaminate seed cotton and lint and result in blemished finished goods.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n U.S. cotton producers are competing with man-made fibers and foreign cotton in today\u2019s global marketplace. One of <\/span><\/span>cotton\u2019s greatest attributes \u2013 its pure, natural quality \u2013 can be degraded by a variety of contaminants. This impairs producers\u2019 <\/span><\/span>relationships with textile manufacturers and also undermines the industry\u2019s \u201cvalue-added\u201d promotional activities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Guidelines for Cotton Growers<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Pre harvest<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Create a suitable foreign materials watch list:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \uf0fc <\/span><\/span>Plastics (i.e. mulches, poly irrigation ditch liners <\/span><\/span>and pipe;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \uf0fc <\/span><\/span>Roadside debris i.e. shopping bags, articles of <\/span><\/span>clothing or other fabrics);<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \uf0fc <\/span><\/span>Grease or oily residues<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \uf0fc <\/span><\/span>Other (i.e. accumulated leaf, sand\/dust, spindle <\/span><\/span>twist, etc.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Inspect fields for materials that could be picked up <\/span><\/span>by harvesting equipment and remove them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Thoroughly clean and, if necessary, power wash <\/span><\/span>harvest equipment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Harvest<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Custom harvest crews and other field workers <\/span><\/span>must understand the consequences of allowing <\/span><\/span>harvesting equipment to pick up foreign material <\/span><\/span>(see foreign materials watch list above).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Inspect harvesting equipment daily to ensure that <\/span><\/span>the equipment is not an inadvertent source of <\/span><\/span>foreign material (i.e. are there hydraulic leaks or <\/span><\/span>grease in areas that come in contact with seed <\/span><\/span>cotton, did inspections reveal foreign materials on <\/span><\/span>picker spindles or stripper rollers, etc.).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Do not allow modules to be built or dropped at <\/span><\/span>locations where potential contaminants will be <\/span><\/span>picked up with the modules.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Do not drop or build modules in standing or <\/span><\/span>shredded stalks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Use a method to identify modules that do not <\/span><\/span>require the marking of seed cotton.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Guidelines for Cotton Ginners<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Pre harvest<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Inspect premises for foreign materials and remove <\/span><\/span>any.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Clean areas in and around module feeders of all <\/span><\/span>debris from the previous ginning season and off <\/span><\/span>season repairs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Renovate module storage yards as needed to make <\/span><\/span>sure they are not inadvertent sources of potential <\/span><\/span>contaminants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Train gin crews on safe techniques for removing and <\/span><\/span>inspecting module covers and wraps.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Double check hydraulic equipment \u2014 with a <\/span><\/span>special emphasis on hydraulic hoses, connections, <\/span><\/span>couplings and pumps \u2014 looking for leaks that <\/span><\/span>might contaminate lint.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Harvest<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00b0 Monitor module moving equipment to make sure <\/span><\/span>floors, chains or other attachments do not cause <\/span><\/span>seed cotton contamination or damage module <\/span><\/span>covers and wraps.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Monitor module storage yards to make sure wind <\/span><\/span>blown debris is not picked up with modules.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Make sure module covers and wraps are completely <\/span><\/span>removed prior to ginning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Frequently inspect the area in and around the <\/span><\/span>module feeder for foreign matter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 To safeguard workers when removing potential <\/span><\/span>contaminants from machinery, be prepared to shut <\/span><\/span>down a piece of equipment, or the gin, until the job <\/span><\/span>is complete.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Avoid using machinery that may result in the reintroduction <\/span><\/span>of non-cotton foreign materials back into <\/span><\/span>the lint stream<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Make sure all crew members understand that seed <\/span><\/span>cotton and lint streams are not refuse receptacles.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b0 Make sure gin employees understand the importance <\/span><\/span>of watching for and reporting foreign materials <\/span><\/span>in seed cotton and lint to their supervisor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n For additional information, please <\/span><\/span>contact the National Cotton Council at <\/span><\/span>infor@cotton.org or www.cotton.org<\/a>; <\/span><\/span>or The Georgia Cotton Commission at <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/www.georgiacottoncommission.org<\/a> <\/span><\/span>or gactn@windstream.net.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CONTAMINATION FREE COTTON KEEP IT CLEAN AND PURE PREVENT LINT CONTAMINATION \u2026 clean cotton means satisfied customers! 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