The Tobacco Outlook 
for 1946 
The 1945 tobacco crop may be the 
largest ever produced, exceeding last 
year’s record production of 1,950 
million pounds. The expected in- 
crease this year over last is attribut- 
able to a larger acreage of flue-cured 
even though over-all yields per acre 
are below 1944. Another large plant- 
ing is likely in 1946 because prices 
have been favorable this year and 
last, and the 1946 allotments will be 
at least as large as 1945. 
Stocks of all major types of tobacco 
except burley and dark air-cured are 
about the same as or slightly lower 
than a year ago..... In relation to 
disappearance, stocks of all other 
types of tobacco are below normal. 
The large 1945 crop of flue-cured will 
result in a slight increase in the 1945- 
’46 season supply. 
Demand for flue-cured tobacco, the 
only type now being sold by farmers, 
is Strong again this season, and prices 
of most grades are above those of a 
year ago. It is possible under this 
year’s price ceilings that this season’s 
average price will be about 1 cent per 
pound above last year’s average of 
42.4 cents per pound. The highest 
average price ever received by flue- 
cured growers was 44.4 cents in 1919. 
* 
Reprinted from September, 1945, issue of 
The Agricultural Situation, published by U. 
S. Department of Agriculture, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
