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WEATHER PUTS BRAKES ON TOBACCO PLANTING
Sandy soil (as in this field shown in this file shot taken near Tarboro, N.C.) allowed Eastern Belt farmers to make some progress on planting. But much of the Tobacco Belt was slowed by rain and cold...
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CROP LATE BUT LOOKING GOOD
The race to end a long setting season: Farmers pulled out all the stops to finish transplanting in late May and early June, as in this file photo taken in eastern N.C. of an eight-row Trium...
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TOMATO SPOTTED WILT BREAKS OUT IN FLORIDA, GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Flue-cured plants in south Georgia show effects of tomato spotted wilt virus last week. (Photo courtesy of J. Michael Moore).Tomato spotted wilt is widespread in Florida and Georgia. "This is probably...
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BLUE MOLD MAKES IT TO N.C.
Blue mold lesions grow on flue-cured leaves in this file photo of a field in southeastern N.C.The fungal disease was spotted on flue-cured in Caswell County, N.C., on June 17. Extension agent Joey...
View ArticleWHAT ROLE SHOULD AUCTIONS PLAY IN MODERN LEAF MARKETING?
In my last issue, I reported the opinion of the leader of US Tobacco Cooperative that auctions are contributing to the problem of oversupply of leaf; the response of warehouseman Dennis White of Rural...
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This is what happens when you get 14½ inches of rain in three days: The Upper Coastal Plain Research Station in Rocky Mount, N.C., received had 9½ inches of rain on July 16 and five inches on July 19....
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THE USDA AUGUST 12 PRODUCTION ESTIMATE
In N.C., USDA estimated flue-cured production down four percent, in part because of situations like this. This field of flue-cured at the research station in Oxford, N.C., was planted very late thanks...
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TOBACCO HARVEST NEARING END WITH FEW BUMPER CROPS IN SIGHT
Virginia dark fire-cured tobacco appeared to have weathered the intense late-summer heat and has good prospects for yield and quality. But in the major dark-producing region of western Kentucky and...
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OVER HALF OF 2016 TOBACCO HAS MOVED FROM FIELDS TO BARNS
The flue-cured crop in the Southside of Virginia was coming off well as the second full week of September began. This crew was harvesting on the David Buchanan farm near Skipwith, just north of the...
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OVER HALF OF 2016 TOBACCO HAS MOVED FROM FIELDS TO BARNS
The flue-cured crop in the Southside of Virginia was coming off well as the second full week of September began. This crew was harvesting on the David Buchanan farm near Skipwith, just north of the...
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A TORRENTIAL END TO A TOUGH GROWING SEASON
After the deluge: This flue-cured grower in the N.C. Piedmont near Winston-Salem had trouble completing combining after late-season rains. "All crops that were either ready for harvest or being...
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WHICH STATES STILL HAVE TOBACCO IN THE FIELD?
A quarter or more of Virginia flue-cured remained to be harvested on October 1. Here, workers put leaf in balers on a farm near Skipwith, Va.FLUE-CUREDGEORGIA & FLORIDA--The last of Georgia's...
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SEASON WRAPS UP AS MATTHEW HEADS OUT TO SEA
Burnt tails, green butts--You saw a lot of this late in the season in North Carolina, thanks mainly to a period of intense dry heat.The tobacco season of 2016 came to nearly its end with a really big...
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HOW WILL THE BURLEY CROP FARE IN THE 2016 MARKET?
Burley wilting on sticks in the field before transportation to curing barns. This file photo was taken in Macon County, Tn., near Nashville, in October 2014.Burley production will fall well below...
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FLUE-CURED MARKET LIMPS TO A CLOSE
Bales of flue-cured on the floor of Old Belt Sales warehouse in Rural Hall, N.C., right after the last sale of the season on November 22.Glad its all over: The flue-cured market came to what was for...
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PRODUCTION WAY DOWN FOR BURLEY AND DARK
Piles of sawdust rest outside a fire-curing barn near Clarksville, Tn. Growing conditionswere abysmal in much of the dark tobacco area of central Tennessee and western Kentucky.Burley sales sagging:...
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AVERAGE QUALITY IN PROCESSED BURLEY IS GOOD NEWS FOR GROWERS
Loading boxed burley at a Burley Stabilization Corporation warehouse in Springfield, Tn.Good news for burley growers? Steve Pratt, general manager of the Burley TobaccoGrowers Cooperative Association...
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THE SEASON BEGINS IN THE DEEP SOUTH
This picture, taken January 14, shows a tray from one of a few Deep South greenhouses that have emerging seedlings already.Seedlings have emerged in a few greenhouses in Georgia and Florida. "But most...
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SHOW TIME IN TOBACCO LAND
Equipment waits on the floor for farmers at a past Southern Farm Show in Raleigh, N.C.The Southern Farm Show will take place at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C., from Wednesday,...
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