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Description: Combines for cotton (images 1 & 2) resemble those used to harvest grain. The plant is cut below the bolls, which are separated from the stems and leaves and elevated into a hopper, while the stems and leaves are blown onto the ground for later reincorporation into the soil as a source of organic matter. When the hopper is full, the bolls are transferred to a truck for transport to a cotton gin where the fiber is separated from the seed. The oil is pressed from the seed for use in industry. The residual cake is ground into cotton seed meal, a high quality protein supplement for ruminants.

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