After a poor crop in 2010, US burley plantings may increase by 10% or more this spring, said leaders of American burley cooperatives. They have some concerns abour world oversupply, but demand for good quality flavor burley remains strong, they said.There wasn't a whole lot of top quality burley in the 2010 US crop, said Daniel Green, chief executive officer of the Burley Stabilization Corporation in Springfield, Tn. "We had a very challenging curing season, especially in the central and northern parts of Kentucky," told Tobacco Asia, adding that it was a quick cure and much of the leaf turned out yellow and wasn't very desirable. "Many farmers had large quantities of unmarketable tobacco, causing financial losses that may cause them to exit tobacco production," he said.
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