The Southern Farm Show is back in Raleigh this week with as much up to date tobacco equipment and supplies as you are likely to see anywhere. Sad to say, there has been still more attrition among the exhibitors since the 2022 Show. But those who are coming look like good ones. Below is list of exhibitors who are seeking the business of tobacco farmers (derived from the Southern Farm Show website). The Show will take place February 1 through February 3 at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, starting at 9 a.m. each day. Admission and parking are free. And at the end of the three days, plan on attending the Commissioner's Breakfast at 8 am and the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina meeting at 10 am, both in the Holshouser Building, both on Friday.
SOUTHERN FARM SHOW EXHIBITS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO TOBACCO FARMERS Jim Graham Bldg. - 222 Evans Mactavish Agricraft.
- 227 Kelley Mfg. Co. Agricultural equipment.
- 302 Hardee by EVH Manufacturing Co. Sprayers.
- 704 @8720 Agri Supply. Agricultural materials.
Kerr Scott Bldg. - 1002 TriEst Ag Group. Fumigation supplies.
- 1104 GoldLeaf Seed Co. Tobacco seed.
- 1107 Flue Cured Tobacco Services. Curing controls.
- 1015 Yara North America. Fertility products.
- 1116 Cross Creek Seed. Tobacco seed.
- 1120 BeltWide Inc. Transplant technology.
- 1201 Carolina Greenhouse & Soil Company.
- 1202 Reddick Equipment Company Inc. Spray equipment.
- 1213 H&H Farm Machinery. “Building sprayers your way since 1978.”
- 1306 Foley Seed and Service. a family owned tobacco seed company.
- 1311 Transplant Systems. Greenhouse systems.
Exposition Bldg. - 3127 (& 8609) Benchmark Buildings & Irrigation. Trans-planters/irrigation.
- 3135 Southern Container Corporation of Wilson. Bale sheets and packaging.
- 3306 Tobacco Growers Association of N.C.
- 3311 Flame Engineering. Weed control with flame.
- 3520 First Products Inc. Fertilizer boxes.
- 3605 MarCo Mfg. Tobacco machinery.
- 3712 Suretrol Manufacturing. Curing Control.
Scott Tent - 1315 Drexel Chemical Company. Sucker control chemicals.
- 7034 (&8012) Coastal AgroBusiness. A full-service agricultural solutions provider.
Outdoors
- 8204 EquipAg. Tobacco spray equipment.
- 8217 Granville Equipment. Tobacco and Hemp Machinery.
- 8301 De Cloet SRL. Tobacco machinery.
- 8516 Mobilift of Burlington, N.C. Forklift sales and service.
- 227 Kelley Mfg. Co. Agricultural equipment.
In other tobacco news:
The new Kentucky Burley & Dark Tobacco Producers Assn. got off to a strong start when it held its first annual meeting in Bowling Green, Ky., on January 19. Just short of 100 growers and others gathered at the University Plaza Holiday Inn in Bowling Green, Ky., to track a course for the future of burley and dark. The discussion was fruitful. Executive vice president Joe Cain said he sensed a definite “atmosphere of hope” for the future among the farmers he talked to at the meeting. “Of course, some weren’t as positive as others."
Where the association must go--Al Pedigo of Scottsville, who was elected president at the meeting, said, “The new association is all about bringing producers together to strengthen our efforts to improve the long-term viability and profitability of the tobacco industry for all tobacco producers. We want to do this by banding together to address the critical issues we are facing.” All this is admittedly a tall order. Some of the most important short-term challenges in Kentucky are high input costs, scarce and expensive labor and contracts that need to be written earlier to allow better plan better planning, said Cain.
See you next January. The association’s plan now is to hold its next annual meeting in late January of 2024, probably again in Bowling Green. Officers of the Burley and Dark Tobacco Producer Association for 2023 are: Al Pedigo, Scottsville, chairman; Darrell Varner, Versailles, vice chairman; Penny Greathouse, Midway, secretary; and Jason Wade, Springfield, treasurer. What to do if you can’t find Admire Pro? Supplies of the insecticide Admire Pro are reportedly coming up short. But there are some alternatives, says Matthew Vann, N.C. Extension tobacco specialist. “Consider generic imidacloprid products, or materials with other active ingredients, like Platinum, Durivo and Verimark.” The biggest thing, says Vann, is that “growers need to look at the product labels and understand what the appropriate application rates are for each product. There is variation.” It appears that Telone II will be hard to get too. “The major alternative to Telone II will be materials based on chloropicrin (Pic Plus, Pic 100, etc.),” We've been told there's an ample supply of chloropicrin this year.” Telone II (1,3-D soil fumigant) is one of the major nematicides that’s applied in advance of transplanting.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- The Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina annual meeting, 10 a.m., Friday, February 3, Holshouser Building at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.
GAP TRAINING MEETINGS, FEBRUARY AND MARCH For more information, call GAP at 865.622.4606 or contact your local Extension office. All meetings are in English. No charge. GAP TRAINING MEETING DATES o Wed Feb 1, 9 am EST, New Bern, N.C. o Fri Feb 3, 1:30pm EST, Raleigh, N.C. o Mon Feb 6, 9 am CST, Dixon, KY. o Tue Feb 7, 8 am CST, Springfield, TN. o Wed Feb 8, 9 am CST, Dover, TN. o Thu Feb 9, 9 is CST, Owensboro, KY. o Thu Feb 9, 9 is EST, Yadkinville, N.C. o Thu Feb 9, 6pm CST, Cadiz, KY. o Mon Feb 13, 4:30pm CST, Franklin, KY. o Tue Feb 14, 2pm CST, Mayfield, KY. o Tue Feb 14, 5pm EST, Abingdon, VA. o Tue Feb 21, 10 am CST, Hartsville, TN. o Wed Feb 22, 10 am CST, Hopkinsville, KY. o Thu Feb 23, 10 am EST, Mt Sterling, KY. o Mon Feb 27, 6 pm EST, Madison, IN. o Tue Feb 28, 9 am EST, Shelbyville, KY. o Tue Feb 28, 6 pm EST, Cynthiana, KY. o Wed Mar 1, 9 am EST, Seaman, OH. o Wed Mar 1, 6 pm EST, Maysville, KY. o Thu Mar 2, 6 pm EST, Lancaster, KY. o Fri Mar 3, 10 am CST, Hardinsburg, KY. o Tue Mar 7, 1 pm CST, Russellville, KY. o Mon Mar 13, 6 pm CST, Glasgow, KY. o Tue Mar 14, 9 am CST, Murray, KY. o Tue Mar 14, 6pm CST, Lafayette, TN. o Tue Mar 21, 9 am EST, Quarryville, PA. o Wed Mar 22, 9 am EST, New Holland, PA. | 
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