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A Publication of ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service • 1-800-346-9140 • www.
attra.
ncat.
org
ATTRA—National Sustainable
Agriculture Information Service
is managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology
(NCAT) and is funded under a
grant from the United States
Department of Agriculture’s Rural
Business-Cooperative Service.
Visit the NCAT Web site (www.
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Contents
By George Kuepper
and Raeven Thomas,
Updated by
Katherine Adam
NCAT Agriculture
Specialist
© 2008 NCAT
Organic Tobacco Production
This publication is a general overview, not a
detailed plan for growing organic tobacco—either
for contract producers or for backyard growers.
Foreword
As of 2003, the former federal tobacco program—consisting of price supports, quotas/
acreage allotments, and no-net-cost assessments for burley, flue-cured, dark, and certain cigar leaf tobaccos—was terminated.
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