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Tobacco farmers here warned of blue mold 

The first case of blue mold reported this year was confirmed July 11 near New Holland, where 85 percent of a five-acre field was infected.

Since then, several blue mold cases throughout the county have been reported.

On lancasterfarming.com, Jeff Graybill, Lancaster County Extension agronomy educator, suggested "effective spray programs" to farmers to prevent and arrest blue mold, pointing out that the value of tobacco crops in Lancaster County was more than $10 million in 2007.

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