Randall Hill - Photojournalist

COTTON : FROM HARVEST TO GIN

  • Operator James Grooms stands on top of a cotton picker at Baxley & Baxley Farms as he waits for his picker to be unloaded of cotton in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The third generation farm, located along South Carolina's cotton corridor, harvested just under 1100 acres of cotton this season. The Baxley family plants several crops but cotton is the cash crop and the most profitable. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Cotton planted by Baxley & Baxley Farms is ready to be harvested as it covers a field in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The cotton harvest takes place in South Carolina from October through November and is planted and grows along a corridor approximately 30 miles on each side of Interstate I-95. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Bagger Kevin Davis pushes a cotton bale at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. The facility gins cotton after it is harvested to remove the seeds and clean the cotton for shipment. About 80 percent of the cotton ginned at this facility is exported outside the U.S. 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)
  • Farmer Roy Baxley, Jr. watches over the cotton harvest as he stands in a field of cotton in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. At the age of 18, Baxley took over the family farm after his father died from a sudden heart attack. He was forced to leave college and change the direction of his life or liquify the family farm. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farm worker Frank Moore operates a cotton transport on the Baxley & Baxley Farm in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. Moore who is in his 60s, has worked with the Baxley family his entire adult life. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Cotton gin co-owner and manager Earl Alford, Jr. works the controls of a cotton press at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. Farmer Roy Baxley, Jr. and Alford bought the ginning facility in 1971 and clean cotton for area cotton farmers. {quote} 20-years-ago we'd gin it and the cotton would go directly to the local factories,{quote} said Alford. {quote}Now they are all gone.{quote} REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Gin operator Robert Espino of Weslaco, Texas, watches the controls of a cotton gin at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. Espino, 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)
  • Farm worker Frank Moore waits with other farm workers for the equipment to be adjusted and the cotton harvest to start on the Baxley & Baxley Farm in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. Moore who is in his 60s, has worked with the Baxley family his entire adult life. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • A picker harvests cotton for Baxley & Baxley Farms on a field in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The cotton harvest takes place in South Carolina from October through November and is planted and grows along a corridor approximately 30 miles on each side of Interstate I-95. About 80 percent of the cotton harvested by this farm is exported outside the United States. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Bagger Chon Thompson sorts through ginned and cleaned cotton at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. The facility gins cotton after it is harvested to remove the seeds and packages it for shipment. About 80 percent of the cotton ginned at this facility is exported outside the 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)
  • Cotton workers and their equipment are placed on the edge of a field for Baxley & Baxley Farms on a tract in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The cotton harvest takes place in South Carolina from October through November and is planted and grows along a corridor approximately 30 miles on each side of Interstate I-95. About 80 percent of the cotton harvested by this farm is exported outside the United States. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Baggers stand outside the Minturn Cotton Company during a break in production in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. The facility gins cotton after it is harvested to remove the seeds and clean the cotton for shipment. About 80 percent of the cotton ginned at this facility is exported outside the U.S. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • A picker harvests cotton as a crew dumps the picked cotton into a modular builder for Baxley & Baxley Farms on a cotton field in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The cotton harvest takes place in South Carolina from October through November and is planted and grows along a corridor approximately 30 miles on each side of Interstate I-95. About 80 percent of the cotton harvested by this farm is exported outside the United States. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farm worker Jose Luna holds a bundle of harvested cotton at Baxley & Baxley Farms in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The third generation farm, located along South Carolina's cotton corridor, harvested just under 1100 acres of cotton this season. The Baxley family plants several crops but cotton is the cash crop and the most profitable. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Cotton seeds are separated from the 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. Although automated, the ginning process for cotton uses the same process patented by inventor Eli Whitney in 1794. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Bagger Quincy Bellmon takes a break from his duties during a break in production at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. The facility gins cotton after it is harvested to remove the seeds and cleans the cotton for shipment. About 80 percent of the cotton ginned at this facility is exported outside the U.S. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Operator Carl Owens watches the operation of a cotton picker at Baxley & Baxley Farms as he harvests cotton in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The third generation farm, located along South Carolina's cotton corridor, harvested just under 1100 acres of cotton this season. The Baxley family plants several crops but cotton is the cash crop and the most profitable. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Workers Daniel Bethea (left) and Donald Roller work to cover a modular of cotton for Baxley & Baxley Farms on a field in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. After the cotton is ginned and cleaned, a typical modular will yield about 15 bails of cotton. Each bail will weigh 500 lbs. The cotton harvest takes place in South Carolina from October through November and is planted and grows along a corridor approximately 30 miles on each side of Interstate I-95. About 80 percent of the cotton harvested by this farm is exported outside the United States. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Workers adjust the controls of a modular feeder at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. The raw cotton is loaded into this machine and it breaks it up and prepares it for the ginning process. The facility gins cotton after it is harvested to remove the seeds and clean the cotton for shipment. About 80 percent of the cotton ginned at this facility is exported outside the U.S. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Gin operator Robert Espino of Weslaco, Texas, checks on the ginning process at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. Espino, 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)
  • Operator James Grooms is reflected in the mirror of a cotton picker at Baxley & Baxley Farms in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The third generation farm, located along South Carolina's cotton corridor, harvested just under 1100 acres of cotton this season. The Baxley family plants several crops but cotton is the cash crop and the most profitable. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farm worker Frank Moore walks along a field of cotton on the Baxley & Baxley Farm in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. Moore who is in his 60s, has worked with the Baxley family his entire adult life. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • A compressor is covered by a heavy coat of cotton dust at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. The facility gins cotton after it is harvested to remove the seeds and packages it for shipment. About 80 percent of the cotton ginned at this facility is exported outside the United States. Cotton is moved and sorted through the ginning process by air and gravity. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Modular feeder operator Romeo Rosales of Dallas, Texas, prepares cotton for the cotton gin at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. Rosales, 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)
  • Farm worker Frank Moore operates a cotton transport on the Baxley & Baxley Farm in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. Moore who is in his 60s, has worked with the Baxley family his entire adult life. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Gin operator Robert Espino of Weslaco, Texas, watches the controls of a cotton gin at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. Espino, 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)
  • Bagger Chon Thompson prepares to bag a bail of cotton at the Minturn Cotton Company in Minturn, South Carolina November 27, 2012. The facility gins cotton after it is harvested to remove the seeds and packages it for shipment. About 80 percent of the cotton ginned at this facility is exported outside the United States. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farmer Roy Baxley, Jr. looks over the cotton harvest as he stands in a field of cotton in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. At the age of 18, Baxley took over the family farm after his father died from a sudden heart attack. He was forced to leave college and change the direction of his life or liquify the family farm. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
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