Hurricane Idalia Damage to Georgia Tobacco
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Redleaf
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Hate to see that.
You or I would gather up all that fallen leaf, brush it off, and color-cure it. Then we would grumble, and stalk-harvest the rest. We would end up with a fair quantity of quite useable leaf.
For a commercial-scale grow, there is no profitable way to do that. Since the profit margin for commercial tobacco growers is slim, even with mechanization, that photo of leaf on the ground, and tattered leaf remaining on the standing stalks represents a financial catastrophe—a loss of massive investment, as well as scant annual income.
Bob
For a commercial-scale grow, there is no profitable way to do that. Since the profit margin for commercial tobacco growers is slim, even with mechanization, that photo of leaf on the ground, and tattered leaf remaining on the standing stalks represents a financial catastrophe—a loss of massive investment, as well as scant annual income.
Bob
Redleaf
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Oh ….. believe me …… I know what havoc weather can play to a crop in the field. Too hot, too dry, too wet, too cold, hail, wind,it’s always something with us farmers. That picture shows me disaster.
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