BY PAT PURCELL
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Lancaster County tobacco far
mers and Paradise Tobacco Sales
made history twice this week, and
obtained an additional nearly $1
million for local tobacco growers
on top of their on-farm prices for
Type 41 Pennsylvania tobacco.
According to Eric Probst Para
dise Tobacco Sales auction mana
ger, Type 41 tobacco has never
been sold at auction and has
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Nearly $1 Million Raised On Type 41 Tobacco At Auction
always been sold on the farm. That
changed this week. This year more
than six million pounds of Type 41
tobacco were sold on the farm
prior to the auction for $l.lO per
pound. However, thanks to Para
dise Tobacco Sales and those far
mers who broke tradition and
brought Type 41 to market for the
first time, $l.lO was 15 cents
short
Those farmers who waited on
the auction and sold 250,000
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pounds in the first two sales of the
selling season received $1.25 per
pound on Monday and up to $ 1.30
on Wednesday of this week for
Type 41 Pennsylvania tobacco.
“Because of what happened at
the sale here on Monday, the next
day the company buyers went back
to. the local farms and raised their
price to $1.25. Those farmers who
sold for $l.lO automatically
received $1.25,” explained Probst
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 9.1989-A33
sold at $l.lO of Type 41 Pennsyl
vania tobacco, the new price meant
an addition of nearly $1 million in
the pockets of the county’s tobacco
farmers.
While wet and rainy weather
interrupted tobacco plantings early
in the season, it is the dry weather
now which is holding up the flow
of tobacco coming to market
Without the proper dampness in
the air, fanners are unable to pre
pare their crop for market because
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the tobacco is dry and crumbly.
Despite the dry weather, Probst
reports good volume for the first
sales. Type 609 Maryland leaf
brought $1.50 per pound for
250,000 pounds in two days. Mon
day’s price was warehouse sup
ported, but five buyers bought all
the Type 609 at $1.50 per pound on
Wednesday.
A shortage of of Type 609 in the
southern slates and a shortage of
both types in the county arc sup
porting strong prices locally. This
was also the first week Paradise
Sales Tobacco Sales history,
according to Probst, that a direct
processing company buyer was on
the line to buy Type 609.
“The shortage in the south is
helping the demand here,” said
Probst. “The burly market price is
strong at $1.67 in Tenncscc and
Kentucky, where much of the
bounty’s tobacco ends up. With
our tobacco here bringing $1.50 I
think farmers could sec an increase
in price on both Type 41 and Type
609.”
Probst’s advice to tobacco
growers is to keep the tobacco
coming to market. “Take a load
every sale and work on the
averages.”
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