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Upcoming Field Days
 

June 12

UK Field Day - " Agriculture in a New Bioeconomy"
Spindletop Farm
Lexington, Kentucky
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
J.D. Green, (859) 257-4898
 

June 26

News Release

Tobacco, Beef and More Field Day
Highland Rim Research and Education Center
Springfield, Tennessee
7:30 AM
Barry Sims, (615) 382-3130
 

July 17

Tobacco and Forage Production Field Day
Research and Education Center at Greeneville
Greeneville, Tennessee
8:00 AM
Robert Ellis, (423) 638-6532
 

August 21

Virginia Tech Tobacco Field Day
Southwest Virginia AREC
Glade Spring, Virginia
5:00 PM
Danny Peek, (276) 944-2200
 

 
News N Sidedressing for Tobacco
Notes from the Tobacco Patch by Paul Denton

Tennessee Weekly Crop & Weather Report - USDA NASS
June 9, 2008

Kentucky Weekly Crop & Weather Report - USDA NASS
June 9, 2008

 

New
Web Links

 

Center for Tobacco Grower Research

Tobacco Literature
NCSU Department of Communication Services

 

Articles &
Publications
Insect and Plant Disease Control Manual 
     Tobacco Insects
- updated March 2008
     Tobacco Disease

2008 Weed Control Manual for Tennessee
  - Burley and Dark Tobacco Weed Control - pages 56-57
  -
Expected Herbicide Response of Common Weeds in Tobacco - page 58

Storms Damage Kentucky Curing Facilities
Southeast Farm Press, March 13, 2008

Crop Production Report
Tobacco Data on pages 6-10
Commodity Statisticians on page 17
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Released February 8, 2008 

Tobacco Outlook
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Released on October 24, 2007

 

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

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

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

 



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