FIRST BALE OF COTTON ginned in Floydada and Floyd County from the 2025 harvest was from producers Steve Lloyd and Shane Lloyd. Floydada Coop Gin ginned it Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. Above left: Aaron Hendricks, Floydada Coop Gin Manager; right, producer Shane Lloyd. Not pictured is Steve Lloyd. | HESPERIAN-BEACON
LOCKNEY FIRST BALE Congratulations go to NexGen grower/ sales rep Gary Burson for having the first bale of the 2025 cotton season ginned at D & J Cotton Gin in Lockney, Texas, Friday, Oct. 17. | COURTESY PHOTOS
Floydada Coop Gin gins first bale of cotton in Floydada and Floyd County
Floydada Coop Gin ginned the first bale of cotton in Floydada and Floyd County on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 at 12:10 p.m.The dryland cotton was grown by producers S&J Farms (Steve Lloyd and Shane Lloyd), on the Home Place Dryland farm. The landlord is Lloyd Bypass Trust.The cotton was planted May 13, 2025 and stripped on the evening of Sept. 30. FiberMax 765 was t...
