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• TOBACCO YEARBOOK – SUMMARY December 16, 2005 

Tobacco Production in 2005 Plummets

As of October 1, 2005, total tobacco acreage for the 2005 marketing year was estimated to have slipped 27 percent from 2004 to 307,010 acres, about 100,000 acres below last season. Yields slipped 72 pounds per acre overall, reaching 2,083 pounds per acre for all types of tobacco, compared with 2,155 in 2004. Overall, weather conditions were excellent, although some flue- cured areas experienced heavy early rains, while burley areas were dry. Production of all types is estimated at 639.6 million pounds, about 239.7 million pounds below last season.

Based on October 1 estimates, 91 percent of U.S. leaf were types used for cigarettes, 2-percent below last season. Cigar leaf, also used for other products such as chewing and smoking tobacco, accounted for 1 percent of production. Other types, mostly dark air- and fire-cured leaf, accounted for 8 percent of production.

There will be no marketing quota or price support for 2005 and subsequent crops of tobacco

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