Latest USDA Report on tobacco planting for 2023
FLUE-CURED
North Carolina, 110,000 acres, down five percent from last year. Virginia, 11,000 acres, down 9 percent. Georgia, 7,000 acres, up 17 percent. South Carolina, 7,000 acres, up 21 percent. United States, 135,000 acres, down four percent.
BURLEY
Kentucky, 31,000 acres, up 11 percent. Tennessee, 3,000 acres, up 11 percent. Pennsylvania, 1,000 acres, down 33 percent. Virginia, 210 acres, down 16 percent. North Carolina, 160 acres, no change. United States 35,370 acres, up nine percent.
FIRE-CURED
14,600 acres, down 10 percent.
DARK AIR-CURED
8,400 acres, down 12 percent.
CIGAR FILLER
Pennsylvania Seedleaf (Only Pennsylvania plantings declared in this survey). 2,600 acres, up four percent.
SOUTHERN MARYLAND
(Only Pennsylvania plantings declared in this survey). 100 acres, no change.
ALL TOBACCO
United States, 197,070 acres, down two percent.
from Tobacco Farmer Newsletter 5 April 2023
Bob
FLUE-CURED
North Carolina, 110,000 acres, down five percent from last year. Virginia, 11,000 acres, down 9 percent. Georgia, 7,000 acres, up 17 percent. South Carolina, 7,000 acres, up 21 percent. United States, 135,000 acres, down four percent.
BURLEY
Kentucky, 31,000 acres, up 11 percent. Tennessee, 3,000 acres, up 11 percent. Pennsylvania, 1,000 acres, down 33 percent. Virginia, 210 acres, down 16 percent. North Carolina, 160 acres, no change. United States 35,370 acres, up nine percent.
FIRE-CURED
14,600 acres, down 10 percent.
DARK AIR-CURED
8,400 acres, down 12 percent.
CIGAR FILLER
Pennsylvania Seedleaf (Only Pennsylvania plantings declared in this survey). 2,600 acres, up four percent.
SOUTHERN MARYLAND
(Only Pennsylvania plantings declared in this survey). 100 acres, no change.
ALL TOBACCO
United States, 197,070 acres, down two percent.
from Tobacco Farmer Newsletter 5 April 2023
Bob