COTTON : FROM HARVEST TO GIN: 4_0_253_1webrh04

Gin operator Robert Espino of Weslaco, Texas, inspects cotton seeds as they are ginned from cotton at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. Cotton seeds are gathered and sold for animal feed and cotton seed oil and defer the costs of the ginning process for area cotton farmers. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)

Gin operator Robert Espino of Weslaco, Texas, inspects cotton seeds as they are ginned from cotton at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. Cotton seeds are gathered and sold for animal feed and cotton seed oil and defer the costs of the ginning process for area cotton farmers. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)