Cotton Classification Services for Cotton Producers

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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposes to amend regulations governing cotton classification services provided to cotton producers in order to provide more accurate fiber quality measurements. This proposal would modify the present classification system to add a new procedure, known as module averaging. Module averaging is a method, based on sound statistical procedures, by which the accuracy of fiber quality measurements can be improved. The module averaging procedure uses all the bales from a module or trailer as the testing unit rather than using a single bale as the test unit. The module averaging procedure has been offered to growers on a voluntary basis for the past three crop years. The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Cotton Marketing has recommended that, if no significant problems are encountered during the 1993 classing season, the module averaging procedure be expanded to include all cotton classed in 1994 and subsequent crop years.