This past week, the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association hosted its 2025 Annual Meeting in conjunction with Supima at the International Agri Center in Tulare, California.  More than 120 participants attended the informative meeting with speakers covering a multitude of important issues. The morning began with the financial report from the Association’s auditing firm Spafford and Landry. Then the group broke into two sections: ginners and growers. The ginners were provided with updates from the National Cotton Ginners Association and its activities by current NCGA President Larry Black, the USDA ARS Southwest Cotton Ginning Laboratory and the research they are conducting by Dr. Jaya Shankar Tumuluru, and finally a presentation on the USDA classing of the 2024 cotton crop by Ryan Phillips of USDA AMS.  Meanwhile the growers were briefed on the Cottonseed Bug by Chad Brewer of the National Cotton Council. Then the growers received a series of research updates by Dr. Margaret Ellis of CSU Fresno, Michael Rethwisch of UCCE, Giuliano Carneiro Galdi of UCCE and Ian Grettenberger of UC Davis. Then both groups came back together to receive an update from the Association staff led by Assistant Vice President Priscilla Rodriguez, Assistant Vice President of Technical Services Christopher McGlothlin, and President/CEO Roger Isom on some of the important issues the Association is tackling. Then, the meeting was turned over to Supima to have their Annual Meeting. Following lunch, special guest speaker, Assemblyman Heath Flora provided his perspective on Sacramento and how things are going at the State Capitol.