GAP RE-CERTIFICATION MEETINGS BEGIN
North Carolina and Virginia have announced their re-certification meeting schedule for flue-cured tobacco in the new year. Dates and locations follow. Pre-registration by phone is required. Call the...
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Will the strong demand of 2013 continue?
Buyers debate the value of flue-cured leaf at an auction in Wilson, N.C., last September.It appears now that there is still an upward trend in demand. "But it is hard to predict how far into the future...
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The sequestration threat is over
Visitors at last year's Southern Farm Show look over cultivating equipment at the KMC exhibit.Victory in the sequestration war: Federal buyout payments to tobacco farmers won't be reduced by any...
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What you need to know about GAP in 2014
(Above) Farmers at the Southern Farm Show, February 5-7. THE WHOLE STORY ABOUT GAP 2014A note from the editor: The following is an article submitted by the new organization GAP Connections about how...
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A MID WINTER TOBACCO REPORT
Farmers check out new machinery at the S.C. AgriBiz Expo, Florence, S.C., in January. BURLEY: The weather has been very cold in Kentucky for about a month, says Roger Quarles, Georgetown, Ky., burley...
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The season begins
Watch out for the "carve out," said PMI executive Jon Huenemann at the annual meeting of the Tobacco Growers Association of N.C. Just to the right is TGANC president Brent Leggett, who had some words...
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EXPORTS ARE UP BUT NOT TO TRADITIONAL CUSTOMERS
Prepping to clip plants. A worker on a flue-cured farm near Raeford, N.C., prepares a mower to clip greenhouse plants last spring in this file photo.Exports of U.S. leaf are up, but not because of our...
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Could liquid nicotine be your next new crop?
Trays in an east Tennessee greenhouse seeded March 8 were waiting for germination on March 13. Variations in temperature had the grower--Jeff Aiken of Tedford--worried about development of the...
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THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN
In eastern North Carolina, workers get ready to take plants to the field (file shot).For the past three weeks, growers in Florida have been setting plants out, says J. Michael Moore, Georgia-Florida...
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FULL THROTTLE TRANSPLANTING FOR FLUE-CURED
Farmers transplant flue-cured in the N.C. Piedmont near Winston-Salem.The transplanters are rolling in Johnston County, N.C., a major flue-cured county and most of the Tobacco Belt. Johnston Extension...
View ArticleA NEW SOURCE OF POTASH
This just in: George Simpson, Jr., Regional Manager of Yara North America, told me right after reading the April 24 issue of TFN that SQM is reintroducing the former “Soda Potash 15-0-14” in an updated...
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LIQUID NICOTINE PRODUCTION IS NOW A REALITY IN THE U.S.
Brian Furnish (File Photo)Liquid nicotine for e-cigarettes is now being produced on a commercial scale in the United States. The manufacturer is USA Liquid Nicotine, with extraction facilities in...
View ArticleA NEW CEO AT U.S. TOBACCO COOPERATIVE
This just in...The U.S. Tobacco Cooperative (USTC) has appointed its chief financial officer Stuart Thompson to the apparently new position of chief executive officer. Thompson, 49, has 18 years of...
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PLANTING WINDS UP FOR FLUE-CURED, JUST GETTING STARTED FOR BURLEY
A transplanting crew sets out flue-cured plants near Kenly, N.C., on May 9.FLUE-CURED: In North Carolina, at least 75 percent of the flue-cured has been transplanted. "Or maybe a touch more," says...
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CHILD LABOR ACCUSATIONS--DOCUMENTS
US: Child Workers in Danger on Tobacco FarmsGovernment, Companies Should Provide ProtectionChildren working on tobacco farms in the United States are exposed to nicotine, toxic pesticides, and other...
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BLACK SHANK BUSTS OUT IN GEORGIA, THRIPS IN N.C.
A flue-cured grower near Four Oaks, N.C., raises dust as he cultivates his tobacco on June 2. REPORTS FROM THE FIELD June 4, 2014FLUE-CURED In North Carolina, transplanting is nearly complete, says...
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GEORGIANS BELTED BY AGGRESSIVE BLACK SHANK
Where did this aggressive black shank come from?asks pathologist Paul Bertrand. Black shank rose up "with a vengeance" in Georgia and Florida in the last month, says J. Michael Moore, Extension tobacco...
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BLACK SHANK ISN'T BACKING OFF
July is for touring: The N.C. Tobacco Tour will begin July 14 in Wendell and finish July 15 at the Upper Coastal Plain Research Station, Rocky Mt. Above: A presentation at the Upper Coastal Plain...
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How much flue-cured is really out there?
A good flue-cured crop was coming out of the fields in mid-July (as in this photo taken near Hookerton, N.C.) But could it be as big as USDA projects? See below.All indications are that we will have a...
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Why a bin-busting flue-cured crop may be on the way
Welcome to the August I issue of Tobacco Farmer Newsletter. If you haven't signed on to receive it regularly or need to change an address, please click on "Join our mailing list" and follow the...
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