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TOBACCO REBOUNDS ONCE DROUGHT IS BROKEN
The first Extension tobacco tour in South Carolina since 2014 was a big success, as shown here. Photo by J.M. Moore.Two weeks ago, we were talking about the effects of the “historic drought.” That...
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HOW EARLY FROST COULD THREATEN THIS LATE CROP
Will farmers finish before frost? This flue-cured tobacco looked good after rains began falling in July. But now it faces the threat of early frost. Photo by J.M. Moore.FLUE-CUREDVirginia: A good rain...
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THE MARKETING SEASON BEGINS
A good year to knock off lugs? A Georgia farmer uses a delugging machine to remove the lower leaves from his flue-cured crop in this file photo by J.Michael Moore.THE MARKETING SEASON...
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AN EARLY REPORT FROM THE MARKET
An auction scene from a past marketing season at the American Tobacco Exchange in Wilson, N.C. Tommy Faulkner (far left) lead the sale and Al Whitfield (second from left) was the auctioneer. File photo...
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USDA OUTLOOK: PRODUCTION WILL BE DOWN FOR MOST TOBACCO TYPES
Curing season nearing end: Workers sweep up those last few leaves left after curing on a flue-cured farm in Eastern North Carolina. File photo by Christopher Bickers.There are few bright spots in...
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BURLEY GROWERS WRAP UP A GOOD CROP
Burley stalks near Nashville, Tn., have been speared and set upright to wilt in the sun. File photo by Christopher Bickers.Tennessee--The burley and dark crops were able to recover from the period of...
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A MID-NOVEMBER FINISH FOR FLUE-CURED? There are several more weeks to go for flue-cured auctions, says Tommy Faulkner, auction manager for the American Tobacco Ex-change warehouse in Wilson, N.C. "I...
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THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON NEARS
Once again, the burley of Western N.C., like this field in Buncombe County, has some of the last tobacco of the season to be harvested. Some hadn't made it to the barn at the beginning of this week....
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THE LAST OF THE 2022 CROP MAKES ITS WAY TO THE MARKET
Season comes to end: Some of the last of the 2022 flue-cured crop was tied by hand, cured in an old barn and sold at the N.C. State Fair in October, using old-time methods. There was a contest for...
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A LAST LOOK AT THE 2022 AMERICAN TOBACCO CROP And a report on Brazil's...
A worker loads burley stalks on a truck at an East Tennessee as the season comes to an end. File photo by Christopher Bickers.USDA'S FINAL WORD ON THE U.S. FINAL WORD ON THE U.S. CROP: In its last...
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LONG DRY SPELL INTERFERES WITH CURING IN KENTUCKY
A scene from the tobacco-marketing past: Burley piles await sale on an unrecorded auction floor in Kentucky years ago. File photo provided by the burley growers association .Burley quality slid...
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THE OUTLOOK FOR TOBACCO IN 2023
A foreign cigarette factory lies inactive waiting for more leaf. But activity has been slowed by short crops in almost all countries exporting cigarette leaf.International Leaf Markets: The shortfall...
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A NEW GROWER ASSOCIATION IS BORN IN KENTUCKY
The Holiday Inn University Plaza in Bowling Green, KY where the first annual meeting of the new growers association will be held January 19.The first annual meeting of the Kentucky Burley & Dark...
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SHOW TIME APPROACHES
The Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina will hold its annual meeting for 2023 on the last day of the Southern Farm Show, as it did last year (above).The Southern Farm Show is back in Raleigh...
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THE STARS OF THE FARM SHOW: DISEASE-RESISTANT VARIETIES
A bunch of new to fairly-new flue-cured varieties are on the market, and many could help farmers in the battle to beat declining yields. At the Southern Farm Show, Paul Sodoma (right) of GoldLeaf...
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WHY FARMER NUMBERS KEEP FALLING
A scene from the first annual meeting of the Kentucky Burley & Dark Tobacco Producers Association which took place January 19 in Bowling Green.The current grower base for flue-cured tobacco in the...
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PLANTS ENJOY A MILD WINTER SEASON
Plants growing in a Kentucky greenhouse in a file shot by Christopher Bickers.In North Carolina, most farmers have finished seeding their green-houses, says Matthew Vann, N.C. Extension tobacco...
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GROWERS GEAR UP ON THE NORTHERN TIER
Locking down labor: Elaine Trujillo of Henderson, N.C., explains the services her company—Labor Services International, an organization that helps agricultural employers obtain labor through the H2A...
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PLANTING BEGINS IN THE DEEP SOUTH
April 5 2023 A Florida planting crew sets flue-cured tobacco in this file photo from a past season.Georgia: Transplanting should get going this week, says J. Michael Moore, Georgia Extension tobacco...
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PLANTING NEARLY COMPLETE IN GRORGIA
TOBACCO FARMERNEWSLETTERApril II 2023 In the Piedmont of North Carolina, a planting crew sets flue-cured tobacco in this file photo from a past season. Photo by Christopher Bickers. Transplanting...
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