At least once a summer we like to post a photo of a tobacco crop as tobacco has been such an important part of North Carolina's history. The above photo was taken a couple of weeks ago in eastern North Carolina, between Gibsonville and McLeansville. We imagine it has grown tremendously since the photo was taken. According to NC State, tobacco (nicotaina tabacum) is the most economically important agronomic crop in North Carolina and our state ranks first in tobacco production in the United States.
Here, you can see a photo of a tobacco field that we published in 2009, the first year of Greensboro Daily Photo. That field on Highway 150 is no longer used for tobacco, or for agriculture of any kind now. There has been so much change in the area surrounding Greensboro over the last 15 years- especially with respect to land used for farming.
Tomorrow is tobacco "Field Day" in Rocky Mount, NC, where they show field trials related to crop disease management, herbicide drift, water solution placement and more.
I have not to my knowledge ever seen it grown in person.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:51 PM