NCSU Offers SUCCEED Short Course for Young Tobacco Growers

Source from:  carolina-virginiafarmer.com December 10, 2007  12/11/2007

A new five-day program for young tobacco growers is being offered at N.C. State University. SUCCEED is being jointly designed by the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina and N.C. State University and is being made possible through a grant from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund. SUCCEED is loosely patterned after the former Philip Morris Short Course for Young Tobacco Farmers that came to an end with the federal tobacco quota buyout, says Bill Collins, senior director of development of Constituency Development Programs at N.C. State University. Enrollment will be limited to about 25 students. Classes during the week-long program will focus on all areas of tobacco management. There will also be field trips to locations of interest for tobacco farmers. The classes will be offered January 28-February 1. For more information contact TGANC executive vice president Graham Boyd at (919) 781-2307 or your local extension agent. Enditem