Analysis of cotton ginning costs by technology

Authors: SAPKOTA, SUSHIL - New Mexico State University; ACHARYA, RAM - New Mexico State University; Whitelock, Derek; Armijo, Carlos; Tumuluru, Jaya Shankar

Submitted to: National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/11/2023
Publication Date: 1/11/2023
Citation: Sapkota, S., Acharya, R., Whitelock, D.P., Armijo, C.B., Tumuluru, J. 2023. Analysis of cotton ginning costs by technology. National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference, January 10-12, 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana. Presentation only.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the relative cost of ginning cotton using the saw, conventional roller, and high-speed roller gins. Although the cost of ginning cotton using roller gins is much higher than saw gins, roller gins produce high-quality lint with longer mean fiber length, fewer short fibers, and a lower proportion of nep content than the lint produced from saw ginning. Moreover, lint produced using roller gins receives higher market prices than the lint produced from saw gins. Although high-speed roller gins were developed in early 2000 to reduce ginning costs, none of the studies have examined whether the high-speed roller ginning costs are lower than the conventional roller ginning. Using the most recent data collected from gins in the southwest US, we evaluate the relative cost of ginning cotton. The preliminary results show that the high-speed roller ginning costs are lower than the conventional roller ginning.