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Data from: Performance of a cotton gin machine that removes plastic contamination from seed cotton

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posted on 2024-02-15, 17:54 authored by Derek WhitelockDerek Whitelock, Carlos Armijo, Paul A. Funk

This is USDA-ARS data from the publication: "Performance of a cotton gin machine that removes plastic contamination from seed cotton." The study was conducted during the Fall of 2020 with continued data analysis thru September 2021. Plastic contamination is the most pressing issue for the U.S. cotton industry today. Due to this problem, U.S. cotton has lost the 7 cents per pound premium it brought on international cotton markets. Plastic contaminants are often introduced prior to ginning, but cotton gin machinery can tear and shred the plastics so that they become more difficult to remove. A cotton gin machine developed and used to combat the plastic contamination problem in Chinese cotton was tested to compare its performance at removing typical plastics found in U.S. cotton to that of conventional cotton gin seed cotton cleaners.

Funding

USDA-ARS: 3050-41000-010-000-D

Cotton Incorporated: CI

History

Data contact name

Whitelock, Derek

Data contact email

derek.whitelock@usda.gov

Publisher

Ag Data Commons

Intended use

To evaluate plastic extraction performance of an off-the-shelf machine to cotton cleaning machines typically used in the U.S.

Temporal Extent Start Date

2020-11-24

Temporal Extent End Date

2021-09-10

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Cotton producing states

ISO Topic Category

  • farming

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

cotton gin; seed cotton; cotton industry; plastics; cleaners; lint cotton; cleaning

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:040 - National Research

ARS National Program Number

  • 306

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

Whitelock, Derek P.; Armijo, Carlos, B.; Funk, Paul A. (2023). Data from: Performance of a cotton gin machine that removes plastic contamination from seed cotton. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1529765

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