Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 1/16/14


Many experienced tobacco growers will tell you, a dry growing season will worry you but a wet season will typically cost you more.  There is some basis to this, as tobacco is native to semi-arid regions making the crop much more tolerant of drought than of excessive moisture.  We have seen both extremes in the last two years with the extreme drought of 2012 and the wet season of 2013.

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