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Arizona Cotton Ginners Association
Annual Meeting
Safford Valley Cotton Growers Co-op
| April 22 & 23, 2010 Carefree Resort 37220 Mule Train Rd Carefree, Az |
River Co-op Gin, Coolidge, AZ
| Conference Registration Form Print and Mail to: Arizona Cotton Ginners Association Attn: Dwayne Alford 7474 N Hwy 95 Yuma, AZ 85365 Room Reservation Call: 1-877-294-6370 Please note, you must call the resort to make your room reservation |
| ACGA Annual Golf Classic Registration Form Friday, April 23, 2010 Tonto Verde Golf Course Rio Verde, AZ Print form and return with conference registration |
THURSDAY, April 22, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION – Cholla Room II
1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.
WELCOME
Dwayne Alford
President, Arizona Cotton Ginners Association
1:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
ARIZONA AG. NOW AND FOREVER
Steven Bales Jr.
Immediate Past President, Arizona Cotton Growers
Association
1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
GROWING AND GINNING FOR FOREIGN
MARKETS
Dr. Ed Barnes
Director, Agricultural Research Cotton, Inc.
1:50 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
GINNING EFFICIENCY AND LAB UPDATES
Ed Hughs
USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning
Research Lab, Mesilla Park, N.M.
2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL ACTIVITIES
Mike Brueggman
NCC Service Representative
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
BREAK
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
ARIZONA FARM BUREAU
Joe Sigg
Arizona Government Relations
Director
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
U.S. GINNING UPDATE
Harrison Ashley
Executive Vice President, National Cotton Ginners
Association
3:45 p.m. –4:15 p.m.
COTTON QUALITY FOR INTERNATIONAL
MARKETS
Cliff White
President International Cotton Association
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL FIBER QUALITY DEMANDS
Michael Watson
Cotton, Inc.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
HOSTED RECEPTION
STAGE COACH PASS
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
DINNER FOR ALL AT STAGE COACH PASS
(Entertainment to follow in Opera House)
Agenda
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010
7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Cholla Room II
8:15 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.
COTTON CLASSING AND INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
Greg Townsend
Area Director Visalia, CA, Classing Office
8:40 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.
NATIONAL COTTON GINNERS ACTIVITIES
Kirk Gilkey
President National Cotton Ginners Association
9:05 a.m. -9:30 a.m.
COTTON BOARD ACTIVITIES
Brent Murphree
Representative, Cotton Board
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
BREAK
9:45 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
WASHINGTON, OSHA AND OTHER ISSUES
Dr. Keith Menchey
National Cotton Council
10:10 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
ARIZONA COTTON GROWERS ASSOCIATION
ACTIVITIES
Dan Thelander
President
10:35 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
ARIZONA COTTON GINNERS ASSOCIATION
Membership Meeting
12:30 p.m.
GOLF TOURNAMENT
(Box Lunch provided @ course)
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
HOSTED COCKTAIL HOUR
Opera House
7:30 p.m. -10:00 p.m.
ARIZONA COTTON GINNERS BANQUET
Opera House
WELCOME
Dwayne Alford
President Arizona Cotton Ginners Association
INVOCATION
SCHOLARSHIP
GOLF AWARDS
MY YEAR AS PRESIDENT OF COTTON COUNCIL
INTERNATIONAL
Clyde Sharp
Past President CCI
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
MARKETING AMERICAN COTTON WORLDWIDE
Allen Terhaar
Executive Vice President Cotton Council
International
RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL COTTON
GINNERS CERTIFICATION
INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDENT
ACGA FOR 2010/2011
Dwayne Alford
CLOSING
Greg Sugaski
President, Arizona Cotton Ginners Association
