Cost/Trade-Offs of Stripper Mounted Bur Extractors from the Cotton Industry Perspective

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1998

Authors

Bennett, Blake
Misra, Sukant
Nelson, Jeannie

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Texas Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Abstract

This study provides estimates of cost/trade-offs of stripper mounted bur-extractors from the producer, ginner, and the overall cotton industry perspective. Results indicated that cotton producers incur net savings of about $6.00 per bale as a result of using a bur-extractor in the harvesting process. It was also determined that gins incur a net loss of about $3.00 per bale of cotton by processing bur-extracted cotton. The overall cotton industry was thus found to experience savings of about $3.00 per bale when a bur-extractor is used in the harvesting process.

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Nelson, Jeannie, Sukant Misra, Blake Bennett, and Alan Brashears. "Cost/Trade-offs of Stripper Mounted Bur-Extractors from the Cotton Industry Perspective." Texas Journal of Agricultural and Natural Resources. 11(1998): 85-93.