Flue-cured tobacco

Flue-cured farming is centered in North Carolina.

Production was limited by national marketing quotas and acreage allotments.

The crop was eligible for non-recourse price support loans until 2005, when the quota buyout program ended these programs (PL 108-357, Title VI).

This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach.

Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF).