Tobacco Calendar* - 2007
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| March, 2007 |
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| - | 10:00am | Tobacco Associates Annual Meeting http://www.tobaccoassociatesinc.org/ |
Brownestone Holiday Inn, Raleigh, NC | Charlie King Sec-Tres. 919-821-7670 |
| 27 | 8:00am | Tobacco Growth Regulator Meeting Ramada Inn, Blue Ridge Road, |
Raleigh, NC | Joe Priest, NCSU, 919-515-4060 |
| 27 | 1:00pm | TWC Pesticide Committee Ramada Inn, Blue Ridge Road |
Raleigh, NC | Loren Fisher 919-515-4059 |
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| 8 | 61th Annual Meeting of Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation http://www.ustobaccofarmer.com/ . |
U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers, Inc., 250 Crown Blvd., Timberlake, NC | Peggy Crowe, 919 821 4560 | |
| 11, 12, 13 | 7:30 am | Georgia - Florida Tobacco Tour | Car Caravan from Waycross to Douglas to Tifton to Valdosta to Florida | J. Michael Moore, 229-386-3006 jmmoore@uga.edu |
| 28-30 | . | Burley Marketing Association, Inc. and Bright
Belt Warehouse Association 59th Annual Convention |
Hilton Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach, SC |
Terry Campbell, Managing Director, Bright
Belt Whse Assoc. 919-828-8988 fctcc-bbwa@mindspring.com |
| July, 2007 |
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North Carolina Tobacco Tour North Carolina Tobacco Tour. ( Dept. of Plant Pathology, Crop Science, Entomology, Bio. & Ag., Engineering). http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/extension/commodities/tobacco/tobacco-tour.html The NC Tobacco Tour will start Monday afternoon, July 9, in Raleigh with a display of new curing barns (Mike Boyette) constructed behind Weaver Labs (Bio. & Ag. Engineering) on campus. |
Raleigh, NC | Dr. Asimina (Mina) Mila Plant Pathology Tobacco-Extension North Carolina State University Phone: 919-513-1291 Fax: 919-515-8795 almila@ncsu.edu |
| 12 | . | South Carolina Tobacco Tour. | Florence, SC | Dewitt Gooden, 843-662-3526, dgooden@clemson.edu |
| 13? | . | North Carolina Tobacco Variety Tour. |
Raleigh, NC | David Smith, 919-515-4057, wdavid_smith@ncsu.edu |
| 26 | Virginia Tech, Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Education Center, Tobacco Field Day | Blackstone, VA | Carol Wilkinson 434.292.5331 wilki@vt.edu |
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| ? | 8:00 a.m. | Annual Field Day, Central Maryland Research and Education Center, Agricultural Experiment Station, Upper Marlboro Facility, 2005 Largo Road, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. | Upper Marlboro, MD | David L. Conrad dc35@umail.umd.edu 301-627-8440 |
| July 26 | 9:00a.m. -- 3:00 p.m. | All-Commodity Field Day | Princeton, KY | Andy Bailey (270) 365-7541 x240 abailey@uky.edu |
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Kentucky Burley Tobacco Tour | UK Spindletop Farm | Gary Palmer, Univ. of KY (859) 257-8667 o (859) 338-0242 m gpalmer@uky.edu |
| August 13 | 6:00 PM | Dark Tobacco Twilight Tour | Murray, KY | Andy Bailey (270) 365-7541 x240 abailey@uky.edu |
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| 23-26 | . | 61st Tobacco Science Research Conference http://www.tsrcinfo.com |
Charlotte, North Carolina | Diane Silberstein Global Connections,
Event Solutions Group info@tsrcinfo.com 678-352-1312 |
| 30-Oct4 | Joint Smoke Science / Product
Technology Study Groups Meeting |
Jeju Island - South Korea | www.coresta.org | |
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| 2 ? | 8:30 am | GA, SC, NC Regional Tobacco Variety Display | Clemson University Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Florence, SC |
J. Michael Moore 229-386-3006 jmmoore@uga.edu |
| 8-12 | . | CORESTA Agronomy/Phytopathology Study Groups
Meeting |
Krakow, Poland | www.coresta.org |
| 16-18 | . | Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition http://www.sunbeltexpo.com/ |
Moultrie, GA | Chip Blalock, 229-985-1968 |
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| 6 | 8:00 am | NCSU Tobacco Day - 2006 Jane S. McKimmon Education Center, NCSU http://www.cals.ncsu.edu:8050/plantpath/extension/commodities/tobacco/tobacco-day.html |
Raleigh, NC | Dr. Asimina (Mina) Mila Plant Pathology Tobacco-Extension North Carolina State University Phone: 919-513-1291 Fax: 919-515-8795 almila@ncsu.edu |
| 6 | 2:00 pm. | Flue-Cured Variety Evaluation Committee Meeting Jane S. McKimmon Education Center, NCSU |
Raleigh, NC | David Smith, 919-515-4057, wdavid_smith@ncsu.edu |
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43rd Tobacco Workers Conference |
Marriott, Savannah, GA | Paul Sumner, 229-386-3442, psumner@uga.edu Don Silberstein, 43nd TWC Conference Committee Global Connections, Event Solutions Group Tel: +1-770 /645 9290 Fax: +1-770 /645 9291 Cell: +1-770 363 2703 don@gci-us.com |
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Southern Farm Show N.C. State Fairgrounds 1025 Blue Ridge Blvd. Raleigh, NC 27607 http://www.southernshows.com/sfs/ |
Raleigh, NC | Southern Shows Inc. 704-376-6594 1-800-849-0248 |
| Pending | Burley Day | Laurel Springs, NC | Kenneth McCaskill 828-349-2052 or Stanley Holloway, 828-682-6187 |
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Asheville, NC. | Kenneth McCaskill 828-349-2052 or Stanley Holloway, 828-682-6187. |
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| 1 | Tobacco Growers Association of NC Annual Meeting, |
Holshouser Building, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC | Graham Boyd, TGANC 919-781-2307, tganc@bellsouth.net |
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| - | 10:00am | Tobacco Associates Annual Meeting http://www.tobaccoassociatesinc.org/ |
Brownestone Holiday Inn, Raleigh, NC | Charlie King Sec-Tres. 919-821-7670 |
| 25 | 8:00am | Tobacco Growth Regulator Meeting Ramada Inn, Blue Ridge Road, |
Raleigh, NC | Joe Priest, NCSU, 919-515-4060 |
| 25 | 1:00pm | TWC Pesticide Committee Ramada Inn, Blue Ridge Road |
Raleigh, NC | Loren Fisher 919-515-4059 |
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*The format of this calendar & most of its content were prepared by J. Michael Moore, University of Georgia
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