The following at more photos from the Jordan family farm that I visited on October 6. Bernie Jordan very graciously showed me the nuts and bolts of the cotton harvest. The following photos show the bins that collect the cotton from the cotton pickers. The cotton is then transferred to machines that pack the cotton into modules. Each module is taken to the cotton gin where the cotton is cleaned and processed into bales that are approximately 500 of clean cotton, with the debris and cotton seeds removed. Bernie told me that they plant almost 5000 acres with 5 or 6 full time employees year round, and more seasonal employees during the busier times. Amazing. The was my first time seeing the cotton harvest face-to-face. What a fascinating experience for this very humble Catholic priest. It makes me appreciate the cotton clergy shirts I wear, how they originated in cotton fields like there.
Cotton is collected in these bins.
Modules of cotton are packed in this machine.
Cotton being pressed into modules.
The module comes out of the machine.
Modules out in the fields awaiting transportation to the cotton gin.
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