850,000 pounds of burley tobacco sold at auctions in Kentucky
Published December 19th, 2005
Farmers have sold 857,879 pounds of burley tobacco at limited auctions in Kentucky, just a fraction of the state’s crop but enough to give supporters hope that such sales can survive as an alternative to production contracts pitched by tobacco giants.
Growers fetched, on average, $1.61 per pound for leaf sold at auction warehouses in seven Kentucky cities since late November, the Burley Marketing Association said Friday.
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