Welcome to the January 24, 2025 issue of Cotton News, a service provided by Plains Cotton Growers Inc. for the cotton industry in the Texas High Plains and beyond.
Chairman Boozman’s Opening Statement at Hearing on Nomination of Brooke Rollins to Serve as Secretary of Agriculture
PCIP and Texas State Support Projects Win Big at 2025 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
We’re excited to announce that the following students took home banners at the 2025 Beltwide Cotton Conferences for their projects, which are funded by the Plains Cotton Improvement Program (PCIP) and Cotton Incorporated’s State Support Program (Texas State Support).
Rebekah Ortiz-Pustejovsky — “Planting Pattern Effects on Physiology, Yield and Fiber Quality”

Brooke Shumate, Ph.D., Rebekah Ortiz-Pustejovsky and Jonathon Salgado.
Third-Place — student oral presentation competition, Cotton Agronomy, Physiology, and Soils Conference
Project funded by PCIP and Texas State Support
Brooke Shumate, Ph.D. — “Environmental Impacts of Growing Environment on Post-Harvest Processing of Cotton”
First Place — student oral presentation competition, Cotton Engineering-Systems Conference
Project funded by PCIP
Jonathon Salgado — “Cotton Response to Different Planting Dates, Seeding Rates, and Varieties on the Southern High Plains of Texas”
First Place — undergraduate student poster competition, Cotton Agronomy, Physiology, and Soils Conference
Project funded by Texas State Support
2024 Cotton Quality Report
Abilene’s average daily number of cotton samples received this week is 3,160. The office is currently 95.97% complete in the classing of their season estimate of samples.
Lamesa’s average daily number of cotton samples received this week is 932. The office is currently 98% complete in the classing of their season estimate of samples.
Lubbock’s average daily number of cotton samples received this week is 4,080. The office is 98% complete in the classing of their season estimate of samples. (The gin estimate has been revised to 1,980,000.)
Reminder for Gins:
If gins are submitting samples for the Four Bale Module Averaging pilot program, the submitted modules must be designated with a R and they must be in multiples of 4. (4, 8, 12, 16 up to 48).