1. Cotton Incorporated’s Innovative Harvest Initiative
Ed Barnes Agricultural Research Cotton 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 UDSA ARS Gin Labs
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 Cotton Incorporated
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?