Humidity Could Make Tobacco Curing Difficult

(Lancaster Farming) If muggy weather persists, Pennsylvania tobacco farmers could have some trouble managing their crop as it dries down.
“We’ve had really high humidity, and so curing is a bit of a concern,” said Jeff Graybill, a Penn State Extension educator in Lancaster County, which is home to three-quarters of the state’s tobacco acreage.
Pennsylvania farmers grow air-cured tobacco varieties, which are hung in barns with large vents on the sides. In other states, flue-cured and fire-cured varieties are hung in heated barns. Continued