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»All Archives | 2nd Quarter, May 07
Burley co-op ordered to return growers’ money
A Fayette Circuit Court has ordered the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association to return as much as $130 million to members of the five-state group that once helped administer the now-defunct federal price support system, reports The Courier-Journal of Lexington, Ky.
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Burley tobacco production to increase
The National Agricultural Statistics Service expects the volume of burley harvested in the U.S. to increase by 4 percent in 2007.
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Do or die
Brandy Brinson
If U.S. farmers don’t get labor relief soon, many are likely to go out of business.
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Ed memo
vicki and dave
summary
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Eliminating endosulfan
Brandy Brinson
High residues of endosulfan in burley are prompting researchers to call for a ban.
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Growers fear being “left out” in regulation
World Leaf News
An article in the Lexington, Ky., Herald-Leader describes tobacco growers’ concerns about possible regulation of tobacco products by the FDA.
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Growers fear being “left out” in regulation
World Leaf News
An article in the Lexington, Ky., Herald-Leader describes tobacco growers’ concerns about possible regulation of tobacco products by the FDA.
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Leaf prices
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My life with the big green leaf
David Williams
It was 1981, and a young man was driving down a two-lane road in eastern North Carolina. He had heard that on this particular stretch of road, travelers would often find themselves going much slower than they would like as farm equipment traveled from field to field on the road ahead of them. That warning snapped to reality as green John Deere equipment crawled along the blacktop, slowing the young man’s progress.
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New sales manager at GoldLeaf Seed
Gordon Johnson of Greenville, N.C., has been named sales manager for GoldLeaf Sales Co., selling flue-cured and burley tobacco in the five-state tobacco belt that includes North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
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Paper probes tobacco fermentation
In its February issue, Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal includes a paper describing what is said to be the most comprehensive research ever undertaken into tobacco fermentation. “Microbial Community Structure and Dynamics of Dark Fire-cured Tobacco Fermentation” examines the chemical, physical, microbiological and biochemical aspects of tobacco fermentation.
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Rachel Speight Snyder passes away
Rachel Speight Snyder, 70, passed away on March 23 after a period of declining health.
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Southern Farm Show another rousing success
World Leaf News
The recent Southern Farm Show, held at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, was another tremendous success.
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Sucker control
Rocky Womack
Proper sucker control cuts down on extra work and improves yields.
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TFQ editor recognized by tobacco growers
The Tobacco Growers’ Association of North Carolina (TGANC) presented former TFQ editor Matt Mullen with its prestigious Media Service Award during its annual meeting at the Southern Farm Show in Raleigh.
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Virginia 2006 crop summary
World Leaf News
Virginia’s flue-cured tobacco yields averaged 2,430 pounds per acre in 2006, 20 pounds above the 2,410 pounds per acre harvested in 2005, according to figures released by the Virginia Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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Wet vs. Dry
Brandy Brinson
In the face of rising nitrogen costs, some tobacco growers are switching from dry nitrogen to liquid nitrogen.
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