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	Encyclopedia: Tobacco
		Such leaves are often smoked (see tobacco smoking) in the form of a cigar or cigarette, or in a smoking pipe, or in a water pipe or a hookah.
		Large tobacco warehouses filled the areas near the wharfs of new thriving towns such as Richmond and Manchester at the fall line (head of navigation) on the James River, and Petersburg on the Appomattox River.
		Tobacco water is a traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tobacco (9328 words)

	UC Internet - Tobacco Terminology
		Burley is grown in a number of countries including the United States, Brazil, Malawi, Mexico and Italy.
		Tobacco is graded by the purchasing dealer during the sale with the dealer grade recorded on the coupon.
		Tobacco is palletized by grade and manually assigned a leaf room location by a leaf room supervisor or spotter.
	www.universalcorp.com /Resources/TobaccoTerminology.asp?Menu=Operations (1483 words)

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		To stabilize the 2001 effective quota, the burley cooperatives would have to reduce their inventories by more than 250 million pounds --- a scenario that is extremely unlikely to happen, unless the cooperatives are successful in their efforts to obtain some type of loan forgiveness on the poor quality 1999 crop.
		Burley tobacco growers and quota owners will have the opportunity to vote on the fate of the program in a referendum scheduled for February 2001.
		Conclusions Burley tobacco farmers are facing some critical decisions on whether they continue to be a participant in a depressed and uncertain industry, reallocate resources more towards alternative agricultural enterprises or even pursue off-farm employment.
	www.ces.uga.edu /Agriculture/agecon/outlook/tobacco/BTO2000.doc (1999 words)

	Tobacco: World Markets and Trade
		The tobacco marketing assessment was announced on December 16, 1996 at.8105 cent per pound for each the producer and purchaser of 1997-crop flue-cured tobacco.
		In the same year, the central region, around Lilongwe, produced 81,680 tons of tobacco, over 67 percent of the of total flue-cured and burley tobacco produced in Malawi, and the southern region produced 23,120 tons of tobacco, 19 percent of the total flue-cured and burley tobacco produced in Malawi.
		Most of the tobacco exports in 1996, 80 percent or 82,000 tons, were of burley tobacco.
	www.fas.usda.gov /tobacco/circular/1997/9702 (3105 words)

	AGR-14 HARVESTING AND CURING BURLEY TOBACCO
		Ventilators are not needed at the ends of burley barns unless prevailing winds strike the end of the barn and tier rails run parallel with the width.
		The final quality of cured tobacco is determined very largely by moisture conditions which prevail inside the tobacco barn during the curing period.
		Burley cures favorably when the temperature inside the barn ranges between 60 degrees and 90 degrees F, provided the relative humidity averages 65 to 70 per cent in the barn over a 24-hour period.
	www.ca.uky.edu /agc/pubs/agr/agr14/agr14.htm (2132 words)

	Ohio Agronomy Guide, Burley Tobacco Production
		NC-2 is a hybrid with an upright plant growth habit and is resistant to tobacco mosaic virus, wildfire, fl root rot, tobacco etch virus, and tobacco vein mottling virus.
		Ky 8959 is a new release by the University of Kentucky and possesses high resistance to fl root rot and tobacco vein mottling virus and medium resistance to tobacco etch virus.
		Furthermore, tobacco irrigated when soil moisture fell to a level of 60 percent of available soil moisture yielded more than both non-irrigated tobacco and the tobacco irrigated only at time of setting, topping, and extremely dry periods.
	ohioline.osu.edu /b472/tobacco.html (1363 words)

	Situation and Outlook Report: Tobacco: Characteristics of flue-cured and burley farms compared - selected ...
		Burley tobacco is produced in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, and West Virginia (in declining order of 1990 acreage).
		Burley tobacco is harvested and cured using labor intensive methods that make it less suited for large holdings.
		Burley growers have the additional option of leasing quota and transferring it to land other than that to which it was assigned.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3804/is_n215/ai_11911292 (1035 words)

	AGR-75 SUCKER CONTROL IN BURLEY AND DARK TOBACCOS
		Burley tobacco is harvested 3 to 4 weeks after topping and, therefore, requires a shorter control period than tobaccos that have a longer duration between topping and harvesting.
		Fatty alcohols should be mixed for dark tobacco the same as for burley-2 gal of FA in 48 gal of water.
		The same precautions noted for burley tobacco should be taken when using FA for sucker control on dark tobacco.
	www.ca.uky.edu /agc/pubs/agr/agr75/agr75.htm (1921 words)

	USATODAY.com - Increased Pa. tobacco growth spells competition in industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Enough Pennsylvania growers have planted burley tobacco — a key ingredient in cigarettes — that it may stem the state's long slide in tobacco production, a window that opened last year with the lifting of the decades-old federal quota system.
		Much of Pennsylvania's tobacco is planted in Lancaster County, where large Amish and Mennonite families can muster the farmhands necessary for the labor-intensive burley tobacco harvest, and more cheaply than hired labor.
		About 2,400 acres of burley tobacco have been planted in the state this year out of a total of 5,200 acres of tobacco, according to agricultural projections released March 1.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-06-23-pa-tobacco_x.htm?csp=34 (669 words)

	ERS/USDA Briefing Room - Tobacco
		Producers of fluecured and burley were allowed to sell an amount up to 110 percent of their quota without penalty (changed to 103 percent in 1986), with marketings the following year to be reduced by the amount of any overmarketings.
		Beginning in 1987, after being lowered in 1985 for burley and 1986 for fluecured, the annual fluecured and burley price support was the level for the preceding year adjusted by changes in the 5year moving average of prices (twothirds weight) and in the cost of production index (onethird weight).
		The total tobacco acreage permitted on a receiving farm cannot exceed 50 percent of the cropland in the farm.
	www.ers.usda.gov /briefing/tobacco/program2.htm (2849 words)

	Situation and Outlook Report: Tobacco: U.S. tobacco situation and outlook - production statistics 1974 through 1990; ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The average yield for all tobacco fell 5 percent, with a 5.5-percent decrease for flue-cured and a 4-percent decline for burley.
		The 1992 price support for flue-cured and burley (to be announced later) is the preceding year's support adjusted by changes in the 5-year moving average of prices, excluding the highest and lowest (two-thirds weight), and changes in a cost-of-production index (one-third weight).
		In addition, the Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 is amended to exempt reporting requirements for tobacco used in cigars, pipes, and chewing tobacco and snuff in retail packages.
	calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3804/is_n217/ai_11928360 (1305 words)

	2002 Burley Tobacco Production Guide
		KT 200 is resistant to tobacco mosaic virus, wildfire, and the virus complex (potato virus Y, tobacco etch virus, and tobacco vein mottling virus).
		Tobacco fields should not be overlimed because of the possibility of increasing certain disease problems (fl root rot and fl shank) and causing an imbalance of certain micronutrients.
		Sulfur is amply supplied to tobacco as a naturally-occurring element in the soil, as a constituent of rain water, and as a chemical compound used in the preparation of fertilizers.
	www.ext.vt.edu /pubs/tobacco/436-050/436-050.html (16889 words)

	Burley Tobacco Warehouses Are Empty
		No tobacco has been auctioned off there since Jan. 18, and only one other sales day is scheduled next month to finish off any late tobacco.
		Burley was sold in just three of the state's 23 markets on Tuesday and in five markets on Wednesday.
		Since 1997, burley growers have endured a 65 percent free-fall in quota, the legal authority to grow and sell tobacco under the federal price-support system.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/20010125/aponline010044_000.htm (508 words)

	Winston-Salem Journal \| Grant will help scientists extend growing range of burley tobacco
		Though burley is generally known as a mountain tobacco, the N.C. State effort will install curing structures and research plots at research stations near Whiteville, Kinston, Rocky Mount and Reidsville - far to the east of the plant's usual environs.
		Burley tobacco typically accounts for about 30 percent of the leaf used in U.S. cigarette blends, while flue-cured leaf accounts for 60 percent and Oriental tobacco 10 percent.
		Burley growers harvest the entire stalk of the plant, rather than one leaf position at a time.
	www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782182941 (1019 words)

	Farm Bureau News and Features
		Burley tobacco is cured by air-drying, while flue-cured tobacco is cured in barns with forced-air heat.
		And while most tobacco is raised under contract, meaning farmers no longer sell it at auction as they did for decades, a few burley auctions are surviving for another year.
		Several growers’ groups and tobacco warehouse owners have banded together to sponsor burley tobacco auctions in Abingdon and in Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee.
	www.vafb.com /news/2005/nov/110305_2.htm (483 words)

	Burley (tobacco) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Burley (tobacco) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Burley tobacco is a light air-cured (Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion) tobacco used primarily for (Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking) cigarette production.
		At approximately four weeks after topping the tobacco is stalk cut using a knife that is shaped like a (Weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American indians) tomahawk.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/burley_(tobacco).htm (352 words)

	SENATOR McCONNELL PRAISES PURCHASE OF U.S. BURLEY TOBACCO BY CHINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The China National Tobacco Import Export Group Corporation of the Peoples Republic of China has signed the contract sealing the sale, which is the first tobacco from the U.S. to be sold to China since the country lifted its 11-year ban.
		Following this meeting, Senator McConnell, along with members of the Burley Tobacco Growers Co-op and the Kentucky Farm Bureau, had several additional meetings with Chinese officials to discuss the high quality of burley tobacco grown in Kentucky and the potential benefits of tobacco sales from the U.S. to China.
		Burley Co-op CEO Danny McKinney and President Henry West also visited China and they have hosted several visits of Chinese officials.
	www.senate.gov /member/ky/mcconnell/general/Releases/MAR03/03202003.htm (313 words)

	Webshots - Images of Tobacco Farming at Sleepy Hollow, III, burley
		Burley tobacco balers lined up ready to pack.
		Burley leaves packed in baler, ready for jack pressure.
		Finished bale of burley tobacco ready to be hauled to market.
	community.webshots.com /album/9246939MitcfIHTpp (180 words)

	The tobacco farmer's magazine: Tobacco Farm Quarterly
		The tobacco marketing season ended last week with a poor-quality crop of 73.4 million kg, worth US$118 million, well short of the record 237 million kg crop in 2000, worth US$400 million.
		In past years, the wealth generated by Zimbabwean leaf tobacco marketing and production has helped improve the quality and standard of life in the country, but merchants are now shifting their attention to tobacco-growing competitors such as Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania, all of which are taking steps to increase their leaf production.
		Burley Stabilization Corporation serves farmers now and in the future.
	www.tobaccofarmquarterly.com (1167 words)

	Archives: Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Persons eligible to vote in the referendum are those producers who were engaged in the production of burley tobacco during the 2003 crop season.
		Persons who do not receive a ballot by mail and believe they are eligible to vote should contact their local FSA office not later than Feb. 27 to request a ballot.
		Burley tobacco is grown in Kentucky, Tennessee and surrounding states.
	www.newsdemocratleader.com /articles/2004/03/09/news/farm_news/fnews03.txt (360 words)

	Reestablishment of the Burley Tobacco Advisory Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		b In order for the Secretary to provide inspection services under the Tobacco Inspection Act and the Appropriations Act, in a manner equitable to all producers and to promote an orderly marketing system, there is a need to obtain information from representatives of all segments of the burley tobacco industry.
		c Accept from any tobacco producer, trade or business organization or Government agency such information pertinent to the efficient placement of inspectors and inspection scheduling as may be offered or requested, and to consider the same in making recommendations.
		The Committee will meet an estimated two times each year in preparation for and throughout the burley tobacco marketing season.
	www.ocio.usda.gov /directives/files/dr/DR1042-101.htm (618 words)

	The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission
		Its purpose is to make payments to farmers to compensate for the decline of tobacco quotas and to promote economic growth and development in tobacco-dependent communities.
		The Virginia Tobacco Commission is co-sponsoring the Virginia Futures Forum November 30th - December 1st in Richmond along with the Council on Virginia's Future, Virginia Workforce Council and Virginia Tech.
		Tobacco Commission approves grant funds at their quarterly meeting.
	www.vatobaccocommission.org (190 words)

	Burley Tobacco: British-American Tobacco Document Collection
		The Analysis of Methoprene in Tobacco by HPLC
		The Reducing Property of Tobacco Smoke: The Influence of Smoking Vehicle, With Particular Reference to the Pipe
		Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamine Accumulation in Different Genotypes of Burley Tobacco at Different States of Growth and Air-Curing
	www.library.ucsf.edu /tobacco/batco/archives/browse75_2.html?printfriendly=1& (441 words)

	USDA, Farm Service Agency - Tobacco Information - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Note: Version 2 allows the lump-sum date for the assignment to be different than the lump-sum date for the successor contract.
		Tobacco Transition Payment Program Fact Sheet PDF (3/18/05)
		The quota holder or producer must contact the county office for a computer-generated contract.
	www.fsa.usda.gov /tobacco (533 words)

	Economic Development
		The Southside Virginia Tobacco Loan Forgiveness Program and The Southwest Virginia Burley Tobacco Scholarship program is now accepting applications.
		The Southside Virginia Tobacco Scholarship/Loan program is designed to provide a stimulus for economic revitalization within the tobacco region by encouraging native Southside Virginians to return to work in a Southside locality.
		The Southwest Burley Tobacco Scholarship program is available to Burley tobacco growers, quota holders, workers and family members residing in one of the Southwest counties.
	www.vatobaccocommission.org /Educ.htm (326 words)

	2003 Burley Tobacco Outlook (slide show) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This slideshow was launched in a new browser window from the Tobacco Economics Situation and Outlook Page.
		If you launched it from there, when you are through viewing this show, please close the window to return.
		Please send questions, comments, or suggestions to William Snell.
	www.uky.edu /Agriculture/TobaccoEcon/slideshows/03burleyoutlook/sld001.html (59 words)

	Tobacco Info Online, Tobacco production from seed to sale, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
		Tobacco Info Online, Tobacco production from seed to sale, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
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	tobaccoinfo.utk.edu (147 words)

	Burley Tobacco Production Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Funding is awarded annually to tobacco faculty at North Carolina State University based on present and future needs of tobacco farmers.
		This publication is supported in part by a grant from the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation, Inc. The Foundation receives contributions and provides funds to supplement public appropriations for quality research and Extension programs at North Carolina State University for the benefit of the entire tobacco industry.
		Recommendations for the use of agricultural chemicals are included in this publication as a convenience to the reader.
	ipm.ncsu.edu /Production_Guides/burley/contents.html (271 words)

	AMS at USDA - Tobacco Program - Market News Reports - Tobacco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Burley Tobacco Market Reviews - 1970 thru 2002
		Flue-Cured Tobacco Market Reviews - 1970 thru 2002
		The Annual Report on Tobacco Statistics - 1970 thru 2002
	www.ams.usda.gov /tob/mncs (74 words)

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