Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Lab. The Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory serves the irrigated Southwestern Region of the Cotton Belt made up of Arizona, California, New Mexico and the extension District 6 area of El Paso and Pecos, Texas. Ginning research is vital to the growth and well-being of the cotton and ginning industries, which depend on research developments to make ginning easier and more profitable.
Consumers also benefit from ginning research developments.
New developments mean better ginning methods, and better ginning methods result in more affordable and higher-quality textile products for everyone. At the Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory , we continually seek ways to improve every aspect of ginning. Our research programs in saw and roller ginning cover all major stages of the ginning process, from seed-cotton conditioning and cleaning, to ginning and lint cleaning. Many of our research programs are conducted in cooperation with the USDA ginning laboratories in Stoneville, Mississippi and Lubbock, Texas. Together we work on research projects to benefit the ginning industry throughout the Cotton Belt, but with an emphasis on solving those problems unique to the area we serve.