Bluegrass burley coming up bright
Oct 12, 2007—Kentucky’s burley tobacco crop has made it to the barning and stripping stage, but many growers are reporting the crop coming in too bright.
The USDA’s weekly crop and weather report for Kentucky as of October 9 said that some growers are saying their leaf was drying too fast and losing color. This is a by-product of the dry, less humid days that have marked the early fall in the Bluegrass State.
Many growers are battling the problem by closing their barn doors or wetting the barn floors to retain moisture.
Kentucky is also suffering through the drought conditions that have plagued the southeast. Topsoil moisture is rated at 69 percent very short and 26 percent short, with subsoil moisture at 74 percent very short and 20 percent short.
Housed tobacco was rated at 44 percent good and 35 percent fair, with eight percent rated excellent and 13 percent rated poor or very poor. Six percent of the tobacco had been stripped, while 26 percent was ready for stripping and 68 percent not ready.
Oct 12, 2007—Kentucky’s burley tobacco crop has made it to the barning and stripping stage, but many growers are reporting the crop coming in too bright.
The USDA’s weekly crop and weather report for Kentucky as of October 9 said that some growers are saying their leaf was drying too fast and losing color. This is a by-product of the dry, less humid days that have marked the early fall in the Bluegrass State.
Many growers are battling the problem by closing their barn doors or wetting the barn floors to retain moisture.
Kentucky is also suffering through the drought conditions that have plagued the southeast. Topsoil moisture is rated at 69 percent very short and 26 percent short, with subsoil moisture at 74 percent very short and 20 percent short.
Housed tobacco was rated at 44 percent good and 35 percent fair, with eight percent rated excellent and 13 percent rated poor or very poor. Six percent of the tobacco had been stripped, while 26 percent was ready for stripping and 68 percent not ready.
