More than 30 participants attended the Annual American Pima Guide Box Review and Standards Matching Meeting this week at the USDA AMS Cotton Classing Office in Visalia, California.  The guide boxes have now been approved and the standards will become effective immediately. On had for the event from the USDA AMS Cotton & Tobacco Program were the following:

Standardization and Engineering Division –

• Steve Grantham
• Jameson Smith
• Greg Berford
• Cynthia Holmes

 

Grading Division at the Visalia Classing Office –

• Greg Townsend
• Ryan Phillips
• Edward Sandoval
• Sadie Goodlin
• Georgia Jones

 

Market News Division –

• Maria Townssend
• Veronica Williamson

 

Attending on behalf of the Association were President/CEO Roger Isom and Director of Technical Services Christopher McGlothlin.