Monday, July 1, 2019, Texas Tech University and the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Cotton and Tobacco Program (C&T) will sign a cooperative agreement to allow C&T to construct, own and operate a cotton classing facility on Texas Tech's campus near the Rawls Golf Course.
Texas Tech President Lawrence Schovanec and USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach, will sign the agreement at 10:30 a.m., at Texas Tech in the courtyard of the Bayer Plant Science Building, 2911 15th Street. Following, Schovanec and Ibach also will participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking.
Cotton classing offices across the U.S. measure and classify cotton by its specific physical attributes, enabling it to be marketed by producers. But classing information also gives precise information to consumers regarding the cotton fibers, allowing it to be used in the most optimized way to produce top-quality cotton products. While Lubbock is already home to the largest cotton classing office in the world, the new state-of-the-art facility with its campus location will not only benefit the university and U.S. cotton industry but the community as well, reports Texas Tech University in a June 28 news release.
U.S. Reps. Jodey Arrington and Mike Conaway also will deliver remarks at the event. Arrington represents the 19th district and serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, and Conaway represents the 11th district of Texas and is the ranking member of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture.
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