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JUNE RAINS BLAMED FOR SHORT EASTERN-N.C. CROP
Recently cut burley plants wilting in the field in Mitchell County, N.C. Through September 19, 71 percent of Kentucky burley, 75 percent of Tennessee burley and 50 percent of N.C. burley had been...
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WILL FALL'S FIRST FROST PUT A CHILL ON THE 2021 LEAF MARKET?
Buyers pore over flue-cured leaf at Old Belt Tobacco Sales in Rural Hall, N.C. File photo by Christopher Bickers. A LOOK AT WHO'S FINISHED HARVEST... AND WHO STILL HAS A WAY TO GOFLUE-CUREDNORTH...
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HARVEST IS NEARLY FINISHED... AND SO FAR, NO KILLING FROSTS
Heat and humidity did a number on the flue-cured tobacco grown at the Tobacco Research Station in Oxford, N.C., this year, says Carl Watson, the station’s ag research manager. Watson (foreground)...
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GROWING SEASON STAGGERS TO AN END--BUT THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT FROST DAMAGE
Burley is enjoying a good curing season so far in Kentucky and Tennessee, like this burley near Lexington, Ky. But in North Carolina, some of the burley remains to be cut very late.Photo courtesy of...
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THE LAST OF THE 2021 CROP MAKES IT OUT OF THE FIELD
Bales of burley await marketing in the Bluegrass of Kentucky. Photo courtesy of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association.As best I can tell, all U.S. tobacco plus all Canada’s crop (see...
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AUCTIONS END FOR FLUE-CURED, BEGIN FOR BURLEY
Buyers place their bids on the last few bales of flue-cured on sale at the last auction at the Old Belt Tobacco Sales warehouse in Rural Hall, N.C., in October. File photo by Christopher...
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THE MYSTERY OF THIS TOBACCO MARKET: HOW MUCH U.S. LEAF WILL CHINA BUY?
China is buying U.S. leaf again, making selections from the 2021 crop. It may buy more tobacco that in recent years, but this is far from certain, says Blake Brown, N.C. Extension economist. “Relations...
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YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD RESEARCH CENTER DOWN
The ruins of the ag research center at Princeton. Ky., December 14, 2022. Photo: University of Kentucky.AFTER THE TORNADO...The Agricultural Research Station in Princeton, Ky., well known for its work...
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HOW TO MINIMIZE CARRYOVER DISEASE IN GREENHOUSE TRAYS
January II 2022The surest way to reduce the risk of diseases carried over in trays is to purchase new trays each season, according to the Burley and Dark Tobacco Production Guide. Previously used...
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A BIG MONTH FOR TOBACCO FARMERS
SHOW Special, February 2022Filling the gap: Farmers line up for a seat at the GAP farmer training session at the Southern Farm Show several years ago. A similar farmer training meeting will be held at...
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LEAF GROWERS ATTEND THEFARM SHOW LOOKING FOR DEALSThe weather was lowering for most of the three days of the Southern Farm Show, Feb. 2-4, but despite fears of Covid and the questionable state of the...
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WHEN WILL THIS CROP BE TRANSPLANTED?
Preparing a greenhouse for seeding. CourtesyNC Farm Bureau.A GATHERING OF OPINIONS FROM AGRONOMISTS IN SELECTED TOBACCO STATES.FLUE-CUREDSeeding has begun in the Deep South, says...
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TRANSPLANTING TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK
A wet start to transplanting in south Georgia.There’s been a lot of rain in much of south Georgia in the past week--11 inches in this particular field. Some drowning took place, but dry weather is...
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HOW TO CUT THE HIGH COST OF TOBACCO PRODUCTION IN 2022
Transplants await transfer to fields.Is it possible that a farmer could grow an average crop of tobacco and sell it for the average prices and still not make back the money he spend on inputs thanks to...
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TOBACCO TRANSPLANTING IS WELL UNDER WAY
Transplanting on an Ohio burley farm in 2017. Photo by Christopher Bickers.FLUE-CUREDPlanting in Florida and Georgia is progressing well, says J. Michael Moore, Georgia Extension tobacco specialist....
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BURLEY TRANSPLANTING GETS STARTED THIS WEEK
Setting out burley in the Bluegrass. File photo by Christopher Bickers.FLUE-CUREDNORTH CAROLINAFull-bore: Flue-cured planting has been going “full-bore” for about three weeks now, says Matthew Vann,...
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A GOOD START IN THE FIELD
Setting out flue-cured in Eastern NC. File photo by Christopher Bickers.Reports on the crop's progress from selected areas of tobacco productionFLUE-CUREDThe outlook for tobacco in Georgia and Florida...
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GOOD START IN EASTERN NC BODES WELL FOR U.S. CROP
All eyes on the East: A news cameraman films transplanting in the Eastern Belt of N.C. in this file photo by Christopher Bickers. This year's crop in the East has gotten off to a fine start.The...
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A HOT START TO THE HARVEST SEASON
Though the weather was sweltering, the leaf looked great on the Georgia-Florida tobacco tour June 6 through 8. In this picture, carloads drive through a field near Lee, Fla. This particular field may...
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TOBACCO TOOK A HIT IN JUNE FROM HEAT AND LOW RAINFALL
As if the high temperatures and low rainfall weren't bad enough, spotted wilt showed up in June and early July, as here in South Georgia. Photo by J.M. Moore.There's an old poem that begins "April is...
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