Solving problems in the commonwealth's agriculture sector is part of Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' mission. Blacksburg, Va., March 11, 2005 -- Solving problems ...

A south Lubbock County cotton gin hopes to speed up its ginning efficiency with its new equipment, especially since the High Plains is expected to yield a record crop. Lubbock Cotton Growers purchased ...

On this day in 1793, young inventor Eli Whitney had his U.S. patent for the cotton gin approved, an invention that would definitely have an impact on social and economic conditions that led to the ...

There’s a new sign on the cotton gin located just south of Kingstree. Humphrey Coker Seed Company owners D. Brown and Keith Gill purchased the Tri-Cotton and Gin facility in April and have been busy ...

The gins that remain can process much higher volumes than in past years, thanks to innovations from field to gin. One of those includes compacting harvested bolls into rectangular or round modules to ...

According to the Texas Cotton Gin Museum in the southeast Texas town of Burton, Dallas County had 78 cotton gins in the 1930s, including six within Dallas’ city limits. Jae S. Lee / Staff Photographer ...

The cotton harvest in Marana must go on, whether or not any gins are nearby. This year the management of the Trico Gin, 15315 W. Silverbell Road — Marana's last operating cotton gin — announced the ...

After years of trying, Territory farmers believe they have finally found a crop that will grow in tough our conditions. Read what it means for the NT. Territory cotton producers are understood to be ...

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A little bit of Prattville history has made it back home. Auburn University has donated a cotton gin bought from Continental Eagle Co. in 1923. The machine was used by students ...

Blacksburg, Va. – Virginia Tech researchers are working on technologies that could create a new industry from a problem in the state's cotton-growing region. "Our goal is to add a value to the cotton ...