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»All Archives | 3rd Quarter, Aug 06
BulkTobac developing new fuel-saving technology
World Leaf News
BulkTobac, a tobacco curing equipment manufacturer, announced in July that they are developing a fuel-saving, modulating gas valve.
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Burley tobacco producers to be surveyed
World Leaf News
Researchers with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC) announced they will survey approximately 6,000 producers and former producers of burley tobacco in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia.
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Chemtura purchases rights to Off-Shoot-T
World Leaf News
Earlier this year, Chemtura Corporation announced it had acquired the rights to Off-Shoot-T, a sucker control product, from Cochran Corporation.
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Going the extra mile
Matt Mullen
In June, a delegation of tobacco farmers and representatives of the Tobacco Growers’ Association of North Carolina (TGANC) traveled to Europe to meet with representatives of House of Prince and Philip Morris International. The delegation’s mission: to learn how they could improve their leaf and, ultimately, how to sell more North Carolina tobacco.
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Gold to green
Submitted by GCH International Inc.
Automatic burley harvester promises to reduce labor by 85 percent.
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High Expectations
Matt Mullen
Syngenta’s Paul Backman talks about the future for growers and discusses the company’s plans for serving tobacco-farming customers.
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Kentucky tops North Carolina tobacco exports
World Leaf News
Kentucky became the leading tobacco-exporting U.S. state for fiscal year 2005, with North Carolina a close second, according to the latest USDA report, “U.S. Agricultural Trade Update—State Exports.”
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Looking Ahead
Rocky Womack
Keep more dollars in your pocket by topping with precision, controlling suckers and curing properly.
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Malawi leaf sales boost economy
World Leaf News
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Outside the comfort zone
Noel Morris
Publisher’s memo
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U.S. burley auctions exceed expectations
World Leaf News
Burley auctions of 2005-2006 performed so well that organizers have announced their intention of staging auction sales again in 2006-2007, according to the Southeast Farm Press.
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Zambia’s leaf production keeps rising
World Leaf News
Zambia will this season produce more than 15 million kg of tobacco, up from about 13 million kg last season, according to local media sources quoting the Tobacco Association of Zambia. In 1999, production stood at 3 million kg.
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Zimbabwe crop beset by spiraling costs
World Leaf News
Lovegot Tendengu, CEO of Zimbabwe’s Farmers’ Development Trust, has warned that input prices will have to be kept in check if Zimbabwe’s farmers are to produce a tobacco crop next season, reports The Herald.
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