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Tobacco Growers Information
flyer for 2026 tobacco field day

2026 NC State Tobacco Field Day

Event Timing: Thursday, July 23rd, 9amEvent Address: Oxford Tobacco Research Station (901 Hillsboro St., Oxford, NC 27565)The field day will end with lunch provided onsite.This is a free event for…

Tobacco Growers Information
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Crop Sense Podcast: The Tobacco Transplanters are ROLLING... or maybe not.

Tobacco Growers Information
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Tobacco Text Updates

Sign up here to get text updates from the Tobacco Team at NC State! These updates are used sparingly and include information like adverse weather preparedness tips, in-season pest alerts, and…

Tobacco Growers Information
Crop Sense written in red letters over a cotton field with bolls, and NC Cooperative Extension written on the bottom right

Crop Sense Podcast: Tobacco Greenhouse Production and Free Money!

Check out the latest episode of Crop Sense, brought to you by N.C. Cooperative Extension! This episode focuses on some key reminders for tobacco greenhouse production. Link…

Tobacco Growers Information
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2025 Flue-Cured Tobacco Official Variety Trial Data (Includes Chemistry)

Check out the agronomic and cured leaf chemistry data from the official variety trial here:2025 Flue-Cured OVT Tables

NC State Extension tobacco research helping tobacco farmers cash crop

NC State Extension Helps Tobacco Growers 

The broad, green leaves growing in fields across eastern North Carolina tell a story that is easily understood by savvy farmers. The size, shape and color are indications of the quality of the crop.…

Tobacco Growers Information
Green leaves with numerous irregular holes consistent with insect feeding

New Factsheets: Late Season Insect Pests of Tobacco

As the end of the tobacco season approaches, we've had some reports of grasshoppers, budworms, and hornworms in the field. Check out the new fact sheets below for details about the biology, damage,…

Pitt County Center
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Pitt County Crops Update (June 2025)

A “PRE” APPROACH TO TARGET SPOT PAYS 5%Target spot has been an annual problem for tobacco farmers and the weather patterns for this year is expected to make this disease worse. Research that has been…

Vance County Center
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Notice of Export Promotion Referendum

NOTICE is hereby given that a check-off referendum will take place on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, in every county in North Carolina that produces flue-cured tobacco. Flue-cured tobacco growers will…

Tobacco Growers Information
Close-up of a green tobacco leaf showing two circular brown lesions with distinct concentric rings and yellow halos; one lesion has a cracked center, characteristic of target spot symptoms.

2024 Fungicide Programs for Target Spot in NC Flue-Cured Tobacco

A field trial was conducted at the Upper Coastal Plains Research Station in Rocky Mount, NC, to evaluate different fungicide programs for managing target spot in tobacco. The study was set up using a…