Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 8/15/14


The wet spring in Georgia resulted in an exceptionally heavy germination of weed seeds and a heavy population of weeds to plague the 2014 tobacco crop.  While many growers have successfully controlled weeds in their crop, there are a few that have not gotten the message that the market for U.S.-produced tobacco depends on tobacco that is free of weeds as well as weed seed.

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