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University Update Tennessee and Kentucky Burley and Dark Tobacco

University Update Tennessee and Kentucky Burley and Dark Tobacco. Paul Denton Burley Extension Specialist University of Tennessee University of Kentucky. TN-KY Burley Update – Acreage. Down from 2009 overall Kentucky down USDA planting intentions down 5000 ac (7%)

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University Update Tennessee and Kentucky Burley and Dark Tobacco

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  1. University Update Tennessee and Kentucky Burley and Dark Tobacco Paul Denton Burley Extension Specialist University of Tennessee University of Kentucky

  2. TN-KY Burley Update – Acreage • Down from 2009 overall • Kentucky down • USDA planting intentions down 5000 ac (7%) • Indications may be down more (10+%) • Tennessee steady or slightly up • USDA projects 1000 ac increase (7%) • Receiving station changes relatively favorable to TN

  3. Dark Tobacco Update – Acreage • Down from 2009 • USDA planting intentions (TN and KY) • 15,000 ac fire cured (down 3%) • 5,800 ac air cured (unchanged) • Bailey (UK) estimate • 14,000 ac fire cured • 7,000 ac air cured

  4. TN/KY Burley Update – Transplanting Progress • Started on time in early May • Fell behind in mid May due to rain • Caught up rapidly in late May and early June • 80+ % transplanted (June 10) • Half transplanted in May

  5. Dark Tobacco Update – Transplanting Progress • More rain in dark growing area • Delayed transplanting • Suppressed early growth • Problem for double curing • Early and late crops too close • Progress • USDA-NASS says 75 % transplanted in KY • Bailey (UK) estimates 55 – 60 %

  6. TN and KY Update – Crop Conditions/Problems • Overall condition fair to good • Problems: Greenhouse • Collar rot, bacterial rot, target spot • Problems: Field • Earliest set damaged by too much water • Recently some newly transplanted fields damaged by hot, dry conditions

  7. TN and KY Update – Producer Concerns • Dark fire • Availability of slabs and sawdust • Burley • Market uncertainty • Cured leaf quality

  8. KT 204, 206 and 209 • Predominant burley varieties • High yield • Very good black shank resistance • Quality ??? • Many complaints in 07 and 08

  9. Factors that Control Leaf Quality • Curing Season • Timing of Harvest • Variety

  10. University Tobacco Program Update – UT/UK • Decreasing state funding • Fewer people in tobacco work • Faculty retirements • Gene Burgess, UT Entomologist • Lowell Bush, UK Tobacco Chemist • Jim Calvert, UK Agronomist • County agent positions likely to decrease • Experiment station staff reductions • Industry support more and more vital

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