The specialized facility serves as the Program’s field headquarters and includes one of the program’s 10 cotton classification offices located across the United States. (Agricultural Marketing Service) has leased and occupied the building since 1995, she said in an email.
The nine other classification offices are located in Texas, Arkansas, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and California. The Cotton & Tobacco Program Grading Division grades (classes) every bale of cotton produced in the United States, according to the program.
The 7 acres are located north of Bartlett Business Park on the west side of Appling Road. The Business Park is home to multiple retail stores, Malco Stage Cinema and Grill and St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett.