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Operators of area cotton gins are predicting this season will be a good one for cotton as long as the weather holds out.“I guess (the season will be) okay unless we get bad weather,” said Margie Villalobos, a secretary at Ackerly Farmers Co-op Gin.Cotton ginning usually begins in October. It doesn’t stop until around Christmas time or even into the following new year.“It varies. Two years ago, most of ours were done before Christmas and one of our farmers brought one in in January,” said Wendy Boatright, office manager at Flower Grove Co-op Gin. “In good years, we might go ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

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Lamesa, TX 79331
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