United Ag Cooperative with General Manager Jimmy Roppolo (red shirt) shows Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) how optical camera sensors in the gin measures moisture of the cotton in it, and whether a batch needs to be reprocessed or not (with each process of cotton, the volume is reduced) at this facility seen during a survey of agricultural damage from Hurricane Harvey, from Houston to El Campo, Texas, on September 21, 2017. The survey included a flyover in a Texas National Guard Blackhawk he
United Ag Cooperative with General Manager Jimmy Roppolo (red shirt) shows Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) how optical camera sensors in the gin measures moisture of the cotton in it, and whether a batch needs to be reprocessed or not (with each process of cotton, the volume is reduced) at this facility seen during a survey of agricultural damage from Hurricane Harvey, from Houston to El Campo, Texas, on September 21, 2017. The survey included a flyover in a Texas National Guard Blackhawk helicopter for aerial views of affected counties, with mission commander Col. Macleod and lead pilot Warrent Officer Second Class Kunard, and tour led by National Cotton Council of America Member Service Representative Dwight Jackson; stops at Rice Belt Warehouse, with Texas Commissioner Miller, and Lowell Farms rice producer and industry stakeholder Linda Raun; Keith Kresta farm to view unharvested, submerged cotton fields and busted modules; United Ag Cooperative with General Manager Jimmy Roppolo (red shirt) to view VOMAX Microwave cotton moisture sensor; and Prasek’s Hillje Smokehouse for a roundtable luncheon that was opened by Lowell Farms rice producer and Texas Rice Producers Legislative Group Chair Raun, with participation from affected producers representing area commodities. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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