Tobacco Growers Reluctant To Sell As Auction Season Opens
(Continued from Pag* A 1)
late-season dry weather excel
lent for curing. Many growers
expected the price to top $1.40,
perhaps even as high as $1.50 per
pound. (For comparison, the top
price of tobacco at the auction was
$1.61 in 1990.)
Last year, on opening day,
350,000 pounds of tobacco were
sold for an average price of $1.15
per pound.
This year, one buyer from
Mount Joy who wanted to remain
anonymous was intent on getting a
$lO,OOO check looking for
$1.50 per pound for his cash crop
or not selling at all. “It’s a real
fine crop this year,” he said.
On Wednesday at the start of the
The county’s number one cash crop had a value of $18.13
million In 1994, encompassing 8,250 acres with a yield of
16.82 million pounds, according to the 1994*1995 Pennsyl
vania Agricultural Statistics Service summary.
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auction, 425,000 pounds were on
the floor and 64,385 pounds were
sold for a top price of SL27 per
pound, offered by the warehouse.
Top price for other buyers paid
was $1.25 per pound. Average
price was $1.24 per pound. Some
lower grade tobacco sold for about
$l.lO-SI.IS per pound.
The county’s number one cash
crop had a value of $18.13 million
in 1994, encompassing 8,250 acres
with a yield of 16.82 million
pounds, according to the
1994-1995 Pennsylvania Agricul
tural Statistics Service summary.
The season continues every
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
until the week before Christmas.
After New Year’s Day, the sale
resumes until about mid-February.
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