Monday, October 15, 2012

USDA PROJECTION: FLUE-CURED TOBACCO 495 MILLION LBS, BURLEY TOBACCO 202 MILLION



(Tobacco Farmer Newsletter) The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the results of its last survey of the year of tobacco production on Thursday, and it continued to project an enormous increase in N.C. flue-cured over last season, as it did last month. In fact, it projected four million pounds more than in the controversial projection of September: 394 million pounds, up 58% from last season. But that level of production for Tar Heel tobacco remained questionable among many of Tobacco Farmer Newsletter's most reliable sources. Why? Continued

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