American Burley: A Better Marketing Season in 2017 But 2018 is a Question Mark

摘要

After a challenging growing season, the year before, 2017 brought about a much better tobacco crop for farmers here. Currently, USDA has the [U.S] bur-ley production in 2017 pegged at 166 million pounds. However, [that may be a high estimate]: Industry sources estimate that the U.S. burley crop is more likely in the 135- to 145-million-pound range.