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Budgets

Burley Tobacco Budget, 2008
Estimated Contracted Tobacco Costs and Returns - UT Extension

Burley Tobacco Budget, 2008
Estimated Contracted Tobacco Costs and Returns with Total $/lb Column - UT Extension

Dark Air Cured Tobacco Budget, 2008 - UT Extension

Dark Fired Tobacco Budget, 2008 - UT Extension

Dark Fired Wrapper Tobacco Budget, 2008 - UT Extension

Post-Buyout Tobacco Budget Software & Instructions
Steve Isaacs, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky


Buyout History & Information
web page currently unavailable, please contact vwitcher@utk.edu for additional information

Disease

Blue Mold

Blue Mold on Burley - Photo Courtesy of Steve Bost, UT

What is Blue Mold?

 
For Blue Mold Forecasts,
News & Updates please check:

Black Shank

Burley Stalk with Black Shank - Photo Courtesy of Steve Bost, UT

What is Black Shank?

Battling Black Shank

Chemical Control of Black Shank


Distance Diagnostics "Distance Diagnostics - How To?" Presentation
Steve Bost, Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Distance Diagnostics Web Page


Mechanization

Mechanized Burley Harvesting:  A Partial Budgeting Analysis, 2007
First year findings

Will mechanization soon bring relief to burley producers?
2007 Tobacco Trends, February 2007, p. 18

New harvesters cut burley labor
Southern Farmer

Burley Mechanization Field Day Henry County, Kentucky
September 15, 2006
A 9.40 minute video, WMV format; Courtesy of BAE UK Extension

Can burley be machine harvested?
Southeast Farm Press

First Pitt (County, NC) Burley is Mechanically Harvested
North Carolina Cooperative Extension


Plans High-Tensile Wire, Sign-Post Outdoor Curing Structure  (P&SS Info #313)
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Publication & Plans
     - Captioned Photos

Instructions for Building Poor Boy Tobacco Seeders
(Publication & Plans)

Outdoor Tobacco Transplant Mowing System Plans
(Photos & Plans
)


Presentations Tobacco Disease Control Update - NEW
Steve Bost, Entomology and Plant Pathology Professor, UT

Dark Tobacco Update
- NEW
Andy Bailey, Extension Tobacco Specialist, UK/UT

Variety Selection and Development
- NEW
Bob Miller, Plant Science Professor, UK/UT

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Battling Black Shank:  The 2005 Experience

Battling Black Shank - Chemical Control

Burley Curing for Reduced Risk - Lowering TSNA

Burley Mechanization

Burley Mechanization and Market Preparation

Efficient Fertilization

Is Tobacco Farming Profitable?

Managing Tobacco Specific Nitrosamine Levels in Burley Tobacco

Nitrogen Fertilization, Yield and TSNA's in Tobacco

Post-Buyout Burley Tobacco Production and Trends in the Traditional Burley Regions of Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia

Tobacco Irrigation:  Insurance Policy or Investment

Tobacco Irrigation - 2000 & 2001 Crop Data

Tobacco Irrigation - 2002 Results

Tobacco Inservice Training Presentations - October 2004

2004 Tobacco Workers' Conference Presentations

Additional presentations . . .


Production
Statistics
 
Center for Tobacco Grower Research Website

     - Tobacco Grower Research Center Established at Tennessee

     - Calling All Tobacco Growers


Publications U.S. Tobacco Import Update 2005/06 - Released May 11, 2007

Tobacco Outlook, 2007 - Released April 24, 2007

2007 Tobacco Pest Control (SP91)
Includes Disease & Insect Control

2008 Weed Control Manual for Tennessee (PB 1580)
Field Crops, Forage Crops, Pastures, Farm Ponds, Harvest Aids
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Burley and Dark Tobacco Weed Control - pages 56-57
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Expected Herbicide Response of Common Weeds in Tobacco - page 58

Black Root Rot (SP277-S)

Black Shank (SP277-Q)

Budgeting in Burley Tobacco (AE & RD #70)

Budgeting in Dark-fired Tobacco (AE 01-04)

Proceedings of the 41st Tobacco Workers' Conference
Opryland Hotel - Nashville, Tennessee
January 20-23, 2004

Tobacco Production Manual for Tennessee (PB 1657)


Varieties University of Tennessee Recommended Burley Tobacco Varieties - 2008

KT 206LC News for 2008 Growing Season

KT 206LC A New Burley Tobacco Variety Expected to be Released in March, 2007

Variety Selection & Development 


"More" Burley Barns and Curing Structures (Captioned Photos)


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