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PLANTING IS ON IN EARNEST
High quality transplants help get the flue-cured cop off to a fast start, like this one in a greenhouse at Cross Creek Seed, Raeford, N.C.CROP REPORT MAY: PLANTING'S ON IN EARNESTFLUE-CURED: NORTH...
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A SMALL CROP GETS OFF TO A LATE START
A farmer and his workers set out flue-cured plants near Vass, N.C. (file photo).BURLEY In the Bluegrass of Kentucky, burley growers are dealing with a lot less tobacco and a late start, says...
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BLUE MOLD BREAKS OUT IN TENNESSEE
Discoloration on underside of this Kentucky burley leaf indicates sporulation of the blue mold pathogen (Photo--University of Kentucky).BLUE MOLD MAKES ITS FIRST APPEARANCEBlue mold has been found on...
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DODGING THE BLUE MOLD BULLET
A farmer in eastern North Carolina sprays Tracer for budworm and hornworm control on organic tobacco near Rocky Mount, N.C., on June 10.No new incidence of blue mold. When blue mold was discovered in a...
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USDA Projections: Flue-cured down 16%, Burley down 17%
THE USDA JUNE 30 ESTIMATE FOR PLANTINGS Acreage projections plus estimated change for 2014FLUE-CUREDU.S.--206,800 acres, 16 percent below 2014.North Carolina--160,000 acres is 16 percent below...
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KENTUCKY BURLEY SUFFERS DOUBLE-DIGIT LOSSES THANKS TO HEAVY RAINS
The N.C. Tobacco Tour begins at 3 p.m., Monday, July 20, with a curing demonstration in Wendell. It will continue on July 21 with tours of research at the Upper Coastal Plain Research Station near...
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AN EARLY AUGUST CROP REPORT
An Old Belt flue-cured grower harvests his leaf near Forbush, N.C. DROUGHT, HEAT PLAGUE FLUE-CUREDWHILE RAIN SUBSIDES FOR BURLEY FLUE-CUREDNorth Carolina--Harvest is well under way in the flue-cured...
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EARLY AUCTION SALES DISAPPOINT FLUE GROWERS
All eyes were on the flue-cured auctions when they began in late August. At this live auction at the Old Belt Warehouse in Rural Hall, N.C., on August 26, leaf sold for an average of $1.10 per...
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PROSPECTS DIMINISH FOR A PRICE-DEPRESSING SURPLUS
Workers gather leaf from a flue-cured field near Winston-Salem, N.C.FLUE-CUREDA lot of flue-cured is deteriorating on the stalk in Eastern North Carolina, says Matthew Vann, N.C. Extension tobacco...
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WILL ENOUGH FLUE-CURED BE TOO MUCH?
Workers gather leaf in a flue-cured field on Marty Adams' farm east of Raleigh. Adams hoped to wrap up this long harvest season by October 15.The size of the flue-cured crop in eastern North Carolina...
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Late burley: In Macon County, Tn., near Nashville this just-cut burley was wilting last Wednesday afternoon. The growers hoped to hang it in curing barns soon after this picture was taken.WILL THE...
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LITTLE LEAF LEFT IN FIELD AFTER INTENSE WEEKEND COLD
Getting burley cured any way you can: Burley hangs in black plastic-covered outdoor curing structures at the Highland Rim Research Center in Springfield, Tn. Burley was also hanging in the conventional...
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A BIG BURLEY CROP HEADS TO MARKET
Burley curing in a large open-sided barn near Lafayette, Tn.Too much burley? Jerry Rankin, owner of Farmers Warehouse in Danville, Ky., is worried about the supply/demand situation, "Before the bad...
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An early report on burley deliveries
Wet weather followed by cold snaps caused some quality loss on burley in central Tennessee and other areas served by the Burley Stabilization Corp. George Marks (photo), president of BSC, is shown...
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A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO THE CHILD LABOR CONTROVERSY
This picture purportedly shows a 16-year-old hired worker harvesting burley in Kentucky. It was part of a media blitz in the spring by outside organizations who wish to persuade the public that abuse...
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WHAT LIES AHEAD IN 2015?
Most buyers expect 2014 burley production to be less than the current USDA estimate of 211.5 million pounds. See below.FLUE-CURED "The crop this past season was not a vintage one, but it was very...
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CONTRACT VOLUMES HEADED DOWN?
How many greenhouses will it take to plant a smaller crop? David Miller (left) and Kenneth Reynolds, both of Abingdon, Va., discussed the prospects for an earlier season in this file photo taken on...
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THE CHALLENGE OF CONTRACTING IN 2015
Inventories growing--A worker loads boxes of burley leaf at a warehouse of the Burley Stabilization Corporation in Springfield, Tn.This crop seems to just keep getting smaller. I have no solid numbers,...
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BURLEY DOWN 26%, FLUE-CURED DOWN 17%, PROJECTS USDA
Topping out: Flue-cured grower Stanley Smith (right) directs his workers as they top on August 7 on his farm near King in the Piedmont of N.C.SERIOUSLY SMALLER FLUE-CURED, BURLEY CROPS IN 2015 THAN...
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MORE FLUE-CURED GOING TO AUCTION
What is this crop worth: George Hunt (center) of the buying company Tobacco Rag Processors (TRP) questions a particular lot of flue-cured that was on sale at the Big M warehouse on August 19....
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