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PLANTING REPORT IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE TOBACCO BELT, THE LAST OF THIS...
Photo: Transplanting flue-cured in North Carolina, File photo by Christopher Bickers. In Virginia, transplanting got going last Friday in Charlotte County, says Joanne Jones, Charlotte Extension...
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HOW LONG TILL TOBACCO TRANSPLANTING IS COMPLETE?
TOBACCO FARMERNEWSLETTERJune II 2023 Loading the transplanter for nearly the last time in 2023: Workers prepare to set out some of the last burley plants on a farm in the Bluegrass of Ohio. File...
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WEATHER DERAILS WHAT WAS A "BEAUTIFUL" GEORGIA CROP
Wind-damaged tobacco in South Georgia, June 22. Photo: J. Michael Moore.First item of business: Harvest has begun. A few farmers in Florida, South Carolina and north Carolina reportedly began...
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TOBACCO FARMERNEWSLETTERJuly II 2023 What blue mold looks like on young tobacco: Yellow spots appear on the upper leaf surface while corresponding moldy growth can be seen on the lower leaf...
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WHAT FARMERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THIS YEAR'S CROP
Rising from the rubble: The research station in Princeton KY, noted for its tobacco research, took a direct hit from a tornado the night of December 11, 2021, and it was substantially leveled. There...
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TOBACCO FARMERNEWSLETTERAugust II 2023 Wind-blown tobacco in a field outside Kinston NC. This picture is from a past crop, but the current crop has taken hard hits from wind and rain.SUMMER WINDS...
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IDALIA DOES A NUMBER ON GEORGIA TOBACCO
A Georgia tobacco field after Idalia blew through. Photo: Josh Dawson, Lowndes County, Extension agent.A crop report for September 1FLUE-CUREDGEORGIA-FLORIDAIt was a situation Georgians don’t like to...
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ALS, IDALIA FRUSTRATE GROWERS
Angular leafspot destroyed this dark fire-cured tobacco in Kentucky in September. In western Kentucky and north central Tennessee, angular leafspot (ALS) continues to wreak havoc on the dark types....
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Message from the Marketplace VOLUME SHORT, DEMAND HIGH, PRICES STRONG
caption: Buyers are bidding up prices for scarce tobacco at auctions this year. This photo shows a sale from a few years ago at the Old Belt Tobacco Sales warehouse in Rural Hall, N.C. File photo...
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HARVEST OF THE 2023 CROP IS NEARING COMPLETION
Tying up the 2023 flue-cured crop: The North Carolina State Fair featured an old-time tobacco-looping contest at the fair’s Heritage Circle on October 13. The leaf--freshly harvested--was provided by...
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The supply at flue-cured auctions was short, but not as short as shown at the annual "mock auction" at the N.C State Fair on October 20, auctioneered by Ted Hinson. Photo courtesy NCDA&CS.SHORT...
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Workers from the Oxford (N.C.)Tobacco Research Station sweep up some of the last flue-cured tobacco produced this season. Reportedly high in quality, it was gathered, then looped, cured and sold at a...
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COULD BURLEY LOSE SOME OF ITS LUSTER DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY?
Dry weather is interfering with taking down and stripping the burley that remains hanging in the barns, like this one in the Kentucky Bluegrass. USDA reported that 76% of the Kentucky crop had been...
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Above: A tornado ravaged the processing facilities of the Burley Stabilization Corporation in Springfield, Tn., on December 8. LAST IMPRESSION OF 2023 TOBACCO:ALL MAJOR TYPES CAME UP SHORTThe quality...
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THE SEEDING SEASON BEGINS
Seeding trays in Georgia last week.SEEDING SEASON BEGINSSome greenhouses have already been seeded in Georgia. But J. Michael Moore, Georgia Extension tobacco specialist, considers now is too early, by...
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MAXIMIZE YOUR VARIETIES
Challenge for 2024HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR VARIETIESThe number of new, improved varieties has drastically increased in the last few years, particularly for flue-cured. Now, Extension specialists recommend...
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DARK CONTRACTS ARE DOWN BUT FLUE NUMBERS ARESTABLE
Daniel Green, executive of the Burley Stabilization cooperative, and Will Snell of the University of Kentucky, were speakers at the recent Burley and Dark Tobacco Producers meeting in Bowling Green,...
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WINTER MEETINGS REFLECT LABOR TURMOIL
February II 2024At the TGANC Annual Meeting in 2023, Graham Boyd (right) introduces speaker BSC Executive Daniel Green. Photo by Christopher Bickers.KENTUCKYHow to deal with labor in 2024 will be the...
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SEEDING IN PROGRESS FOR MOST FLUE-CURED
MARCH I 2024 A burley greenhouse in the Bluegrass of Kentucky.FLUE-CUREDIn South Carolina, it is 'so far, so good', says William Hardee, S.C. Extension tobacco specialist. Seeding has begun on all...
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WHY THERE WILL BE LESS DARK PLANTED THIS YEAR
MARCH II 2024 Will this dark air-cured tobacco be planted again this season? A lot won't--contracts for the dark types for 2024 are way down. Photo of field near the Highland Research Center,...
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