Source: Chris Bickers, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 6/18/14


The 2013 season was a rare one indeed for tobacco farmers. There was so much rain over so long a period that it seemed that no amount of supplemental nitrogen was too much. Flue-cured grower David Etheridge of Broadway, N.C., applied enough supplemental nitrogen to be a significant cost factor, but he has no regrets.

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