The Southeast Farm Press reported earlier this month that the 2015 tobacco crop was a near disaster to producers. Fewer plants than usual were planted and the market was down, but the real culprit was bad weather in many of the tobacco-growing areas of Kentucky and North Carolina. Wet conditions followed by drought and a severe early frost in mid-October drastically reduced the quality of the crop. You can read the story at https://southeastfarmpress.com/tobacco/why-2015-tobacco-crop-was-near-disaster?page=1.
