

The Flue-Cured Tobacco 
Outlook For 1942 
Reprinted from Annual Outlook Issue of the Agricultural Situation— 
October 1941, issued by Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. D. A. 
National Goals Call for a Small Increase in Acreage 
of Flue-Cured Tobacco 
Flue-Cured Tobacco is largely affected by the export 
situation and the domestic consumption of cigarettes. 
Despite the loss of normal export markets, the combina- 
tion of production control and increased domestic demand 
has served greatly to strengthen market prices. This year 
was the second in succession in which marketing quotas 
were in effect, and the first under a 3-year adjustment 
program approved by growers in July 1940. Unusually 
poor growing conditions also contributed to a reduction 
in the current crop. Plantings next year probably will be 
about the same as in 1941, and prices should remain 
substantially above the low levels of 1939 and 1940, since 
increases are expected in the domestic consumption of 
flue-cured. The value of the crop will probably be main- 
tained or increased above the level attained this year. 

