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USDA projects: FLUE-CURED ACREAGE STABLE, BURLEY, FIRE-CURED WAY DOWN
APRIL I 2024 Burley plants in a greenhouse.USDA issued its Prospective Plantings report March 28. The tobacco section is not quite as informative as it has in the past since several leaf-producing...
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STORMS SLOW PLANTING IN DEEP SOUTH
A farmer clips his flue-cured in central North Carolina. File photo by Christopher Bickers.Georgia-Florida: Transplanting was delayed last Wednesday when a storm blew in with two to 12 inches of...
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WET MAY STYMIES PLANTING
A flue-cured grower clips plants in Eastern North Carolina. Photo by Christopher Bickers. BLACK PATCH: Growers here and almost everywhere in the United States had the same complaint in mid May—“ We...
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WILL PLANT SUPPLIES BE ADEQUATE?
Trying to beat the plant shortage: A transplanting crew in Wilson County, N.C., sets plants at full speed. Will there be enough to go around? Photo by Christopher Bickers.In North Carolina, about...
View ArticleA SLOW START THANKS TO RAIN
Above: A Kentucky farmer plants burley in the Bluegrass in late May. A SLOW START THANKS TO RAIN It’s been a very wet start to the season in Tennessee. “Rainfall has been above average and spaced out...
View ArticleTOO MUCH DRY WEATHER IN MUCH OF THE TOBACCO BELT
TOBACCO FARMER NEWSLETTER JUNE II 2024 Be careful what you wish for: In May, North Carolina growers wished the rain would let up, says Matthew Vann, N.C. Extension tobacco spec ialist. “It did. We...
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Despite heat PROSPECTS STILL GOOD IN GA/FLA
b>> A crowd of more than 70 participants turned out for the 2024 Georgia-Florida Tobacco Tour on June 17, 18 and 19. They saw a crop that still has promise. But there have been some problems,...
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RAISING TOBACCO IN A SEASON THAT'S BEEN HISTORICALLY DRY
In North Carolina, June was "historically" dry with most farmers reporting less than an inch of rain for the entire month, says Matthew Vann, N.C. Extension tobacco specialist. “July has been much...
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CAN THE STRANGE CONDITIONS OF 2024 GET ANY STRANGER?
Is the sun setting on dark tobacco? After challenging weather in the field, the dark tobacco growers of Kentucky and Tennessee are facing marketing difficulty as the snuff products that make up their...
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MARKETING A SERIOUSLY SHORT CROPPRICES HAVE BEEN HIGH at the warehouses in N.C. that sell flue-cured leaf at auction. A representative of one of the warehouses--Tommy Faulkner, auction manager at...
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WAS HELENE A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO HARVEST?
>Winds and rain from Hurricane Helene crushed this greenhouse in south Georgia. Photo courtesy of J. Michael Moore, Univ.l of Georgia.GEORGIA-FLORIDA--Growers are still in cleanup mode in Georgia...
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THE END OF A CHALLENGING SEASON
Caption: The traditional season-ending festivities for tobacco in North Carolina took place October 18 in Raleigh at the N.C. State Fair. The high point of the day was a leaf-stringing contest...
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LOOKING BACK OVER A REALLY BAD YEAR
Caption: Wrapping up another crop: A North Carolina farmer harvests the last few stalks of his flue-cured crop near Raleigh. Photo: Christopher Bickers. The leaves have been pulled from the flue-cured...
View ArticleQUALITY LIFTS PRICES ON FLUE-CURED, BURLEY MARKETS
Caption: Buyers compete for flue-cured leaf at an auction at the Horizon tobacco warehouse at Wilson, N.C., earlier this year. Photo: Christopher Bickers.............BURLEY DODGES QUICK-CURE BULLET...
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Caption: Some of the last flue-cured produced in North Carolina this season was "sold" at a mock auction at the N.C State Fair on October 25. Since then, the rest of the flue crop has been marketed,...
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WHY VARIETY SELECTION IS THE FIRST STEP IN IMPROVING YOUR PROSPECTS IN 2045 Caption: So many greenhouses were damaged in Georgia and Florida by the 2024 storms that there is reason to think that there...
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Caption: North Carolina growers gather at a past annual meeting of the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina. This year's meeting will be held at the Southern Farm Show on February 7. See...
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Caption: Farmers shop for equipment at the Southern Farm Show in Raleigh, N.C., in February. Photo by Christopher Bickers................. b>A QUICK LOOK AT CONTRACTING SO FAR Contracting is off to...
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