Source: Chris Bickers, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 1/17/18


Ironically, it was a dry spell in September in Kentucky and Tennessee that allowed farmers there to put the final touches on a good burley tobacco crop. “There was adequate rainfall most of the spring and summer, but it was unusually dry in August and September,” said Jeff Aiken, who grows burley in Telford, Tenn., near Johnson City.

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