Kentucky, Tennessee tobacco crop could be a harvest to remember

(Tobacco Farmer Newsletter) The best quality dark air-cured and fire-cured crop in Kentucky and Tennessee since 2006 is making its way to delivery stations, says Andy Bailey, Extension dark tobacco specialist.
"Weights look good. I haven't heard of a 4,000-pound yield yet, but I know of some fire-cured yields in the 3,800 to 3,900 pound range and some air-cured yields of 3,400 pounds." Quality appears to be good, he says. Continued

Photo: A Tobacco warehouse, Louisville, Ky., c1906 (Library of Congress).