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Post by duplin97 on Aug 16, 2012 21:47:20 GMT -5
Decided to take a little trip when I was in Fuquay to go look at some of the Farms. Some of the pictures I got. JD 7920 at what I believe to be Sears Farm (Grows around 1000 acres of Tobacco and Soybean rotated with wheat). Yes those are old School Buses in the background used for Tobacco Harvest.  John Deere 9500's series ready for Soybean Harvest.  The Golden leaf.  Also spotted a John Deere Modified for Tobacco, Front and rear axle are extended.  |
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Post by TheMilkinMan on Aug 16, 2012 23:02:23 GMT -5
Thats neat, There are some tobacco farmers around where I am but not really big i think they still pick by hand. Thanks for sharing
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Post by duplin97 on Aug 17, 2012 6:54:22 GMT -5
Tobacco was everywhere 30 years ago, seemed like every other field was it. Now a days Sears and the Gradys farm is the only one I have seen growing tobacco on such large acreage.
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Post by Quinton DeDecker on Aug 17, 2012 7:22:05 GMT -5
up here in southern ontario tobacco is takeing off again slowly, a few years ago it was only like 5 farmers now its up around 20-25 farmers, some growing as much as 450 acres, we still grow our normal 50-55 acres for now
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Post by duplin97 on Aug 17, 2012 8:27:01 GMT -5
Dang, all of our tobacco is done on contracts now. Back when they sold it at auction about every farm grew tobacco around here.
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Post by Southern on Aug 17, 2012 10:24:20 GMT -5
Looks good, I agree on that. I went to the beach several years ago, you could see fields of it. I went back like 2 years ago, and you didn't see that much grown. Plus the anti tobacco use ads and added tax in our state don't help much either for production wise.
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Post by duplin97 on Aug 17, 2012 10:38:07 GMT -5
The Federal Government pretty much ended the growing of Tobacco on most farms. Then once the state found out they could not defend it any longer they hopped ship too. Without tobacco to grow alot of farms were in fear of going under and had to grow less profitable crops. Then came the hog and now they are taking that away too. I will try to get some pictures of Tobacco Harvest in the field behind us when it starts up in 2 weeks. Also got to plant my clover in for Turkeys...
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Post by Southern on Aug 17, 2012 14:29:50 GMT -5
I remember an article in the NC Ag review. That China was in talks about buying tobacco. And some of the farmers was wanting that to happen so they could grow it for exports. I hadn't heard about any updates to that yet.
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Post by Quinton DeDecker on Aug 17, 2012 15:14:33 GMT -5
we are under contract growing now, and china is now a buyer for tobacco. we are part of the "elite 4" in the company we are with that will be shipping stuff to china. means more acerage of ontario golden leaf tobacco will be wanted.
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