Tobacco is still hanging in as viable Kentucky crop; state still largest burley producer in U.S.

 

(kyforward) ... National Agricultural Statistics Service forecast for this year’s tobacco crop shows an increase in planted acres. The most recent report noted, “Burley tobacco growers in Kentucky intend to set 78,000 acres for harvest, up 4,000 acres from 2012. For the burley producing states, growers intend to set 103,100 acres, 2 percent above last year.”
For dark tobacco, “Producers intend to set 9,500 acres of dark-fired tobacco in Kentucky, up 500 acres from the previous year. Acreage set to dark-air tobacco was estimated at 4,000 acres, down 200 acres from 2012,” the report estimated. Continued

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