New tool offers burley tobacco curing guidance

(Southeast Farm Press) Tobacco farmers know that to properly cure burley, they have to depend on many factors including facilities, management and especially the weather. A new tool developed by specialists at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture may give farmers an edge in determining what’s best for their crop at any given time.
“Each year we have good and less favorable periods of weather for curing,” said Bob Pearce, UK Extension tobacco specialist. Continued