📘 Screen: Lint Bales
The lint bale is the bale of lint that comes out of ginning at the gin. While the bale (the module) is what the picker produces in the field, the lint bale is what is left of it after ginning — and it is what gets sold, invoiced and tracked by its GS1 code. This screen is where each lint bale is recorded, with its weights and the module it came from.
📍 Location in the system
Menu: Crops > Lint Bales
🧩 Main function
To close the traceability loop between the field and the sale. Each lint bale points to its source module, and the module points to the field and the variety — so, from a GS1 code that was sold, you can trace back to the field that produced that lint. It is also where the weights used to invoice the lint, the cottonseed, the linters and the trash come from.
📝 Main fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Date | Date the lint bale was ginned |
| Code | Four-digit sequential number, suggested by the system when you click "New" (0001, 0002…) |
| Bales | Required. The source module, chosen by code or by QR code. When you select it, the field and the variety are filled in automatically |
| Field | Filled in automatically from the module — not typed |
| Variety/Cultivar | Also comes from the module. This field's name may be different in your company, depending on the variety setup |
| QR code | The code on the label stuck to the lint bale, for scanning in the yard and at shipping |
| Net weight | Weight of the lint — this is the weight that counts for the sale |
| Gross weight | Weight of the lint bale with its wrapping |
| Tare weight | Weight of the wrapping alone |
| Cottonseed weight | Cottonseed separated when that module was ginned |
| Linters weight | Linters resulting from ginning |
| Trash weight | Trash from ginning |
| Block | The ginning block/lot the lint bale belongs to |
| Type/Visual Grade | Lint grade, as reported by the gin |
| GS1 | The lint bale's GS1 code — the standard used in the cotton market to uniquely identify a lint bale |
| Machine | The press/machine that produced the lint bale |
| Notes | Free-text field |
🔧 List features
The list shows Code, the source module, Field, Type/Grade, GS1 and the three weights (net, gross and tare), with search by column. It also has the invoice columns, which show in which inventory movement each lint bale has already been invoiced.
Change Weights
A list button that bulk-fills the cottonseed, linters and trash weights of the modules, from a percentage. It is the shortcut for when the gin reports the turnout as a percentage, instead of weight by weight:
- Choose the field to fill: Cottonseed wt., Linters wt. or Trash wt.
- The window lists the modules in the season that already have lint bales and do not yet have that weight linked to an inventory movement
- Check the modules and enter the percentage
- Click Change selected and confirm
💸 Link to invoicing
The weights recorded here are what support invoicing of the lint, cottonseed, linters and trash. Once a lint bale has been linked to an inventory movement, the invoice columns in the list show that link — they are how you see what has already gone out and what is still in inventory.
- Traceability runs from the GS1 code sold back to the source field
- Lint, cottonseed, linters and trash weights are kept separate and ready to invoice
- The invoice is built from the recorded weight, with no retyping
- You can tell, at any time, what has already been invoiced and what is still in inventory
The lint bale is the final link in cotton traceability in upCampo — see how the whole module works, from the field to the lint sold.
❓ Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a bale and a lint bale in the system?
The bale (or module) is what the picker produces in the field, recorded on the Bales screen. The lint bale is the bale of lint that comes out of ginning at the gin, with the seed already removed — it is the one that has a GS1 code and is sold. Each lint bale points to the module it came from.
Do I need to type the field for the lint bale?
No. When you choose the source module in the Bales field, the field and the variety are filled in automatically and locked for editing — that is how traceability is guaranteed.
The gin gave me the turnout as a percentage. How do I enter it?
With the Change Weights button, in the lint bale list. Choose whether the percentage is for cottonseed, linters or trash, check the modules, enter the percentage and confirm — the system calculates and saves the weight for all the selected modules at once.
How do I know whether a lint bale has already been invoiced?
From the invoice columns in the lint bale list: they show the inventory movement in which that weight was entered. A lint bale with nothing in those columns has not gone out yet.
What is the GS1 code for?
It is the identification standard used in the cotton market: each lint bale gets a unique code that stays with it through sale and storage. Keeping it here is what lets you go from a buyer's code back to the field that produced that lint.