QUITMAN, Ga. — The Board of Directors at B.C.T. Gin Company, Inc. once again approved a rebate for customers for the 2018 cotton and peanut growers. The rebate for the 2018 crop totaled $1,007,927.83.

“B.C.T. ginned a total of 134,079 bales of cotton and handled 35,827 tons of peanuts,” the company said in a press release. “We gave an additional payment on cottonseed of $7 per ton. This payment will bring your 2018 cottonseed price up to $107 per ton on all tons purchased. We also rebated $20 per ton on all graded peanuts.”  

B.C.T. now supports three ginning divisions, one in Berlin and two in Quitman. It has the capacity to gin up to 200,000 bales of cotton per season. A warehouse facility is located in Moultrie.  It has three peanut buying points — one in Quitman, one in Pavo (Sandhill) and one in Adel — with the capacity to handle up to 40,000 tons of peanuts each season.