Burley Tobacco Market Opens Tuesday

Source from:  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 12/02/2009

North Carolina's burley tobacco growers may have just one place to sell their product this season. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that Planters Tobacco Warehouse in Asheville will open Tuesday. Warren Anders operates the warehouse and says he expects representatives of a nonprofit cooperative to attend, along with possibly two or three other buyers. Another large warehouse appears to have closed. Burley tobacco usually makes up about a third of a cigarette. It grows better in the mountains, where cooler nights and foggy mornings in the fall help it retain the desired moisture. A federal buyout of the tobacco price support program went into effect in 2005 and since then the number of burley tobacco growers has dropped significantly. Enditem