COTTON : FROM HARVEST TO GIN: 12_0_261_1webrh12

Gin bagger John Alvarez of Harlington, Texas, watches the controls of a cotton press at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. Alvarez, like many of the workers at the gin, are skilled migrant workers who follow the cotton crop as it is harvested throughout the Southern United States. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)

Gin bagger John Alvarez of Harlington, Texas, watches the controls of a cotton press at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. Alvarez, like many of the workers at the gin, are skilled migrant workers who follow the cotton crop as it is harvested throughout the Southern United States. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)