Tobacco Policy
and Economics

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2006 Survey
Quota Buyout

Tobacco Issues
Publications
Presentations
TTWG
Settlement Info
Tobacco Links

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Outlook and Other Tobacco Issues

2004 Quota and Policy Outlook

FSA Issues Rules on Selling Burley Tobacco
News Release from Kentucky State Office, Farm Service Agency
April 23, 2004

USDA Announces Limitation on Burley Tobacco Undermarketings Carryover
Press release from USDA’s Farm Service Agency
April 9, 2004

USDA 2004 Burley Tobacco Quota and Program Provisions
Press release from USDA’s Farm Service Agency
Jan 30, 2004

2004 Manufacturer Purchase Intentions
Press release from the USDA's Farm Service Agency
January 20, 2004

U.S. Tobacco Economic and Policy Outlook
Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Outlook Conference
Kelly Tiller

September 26, 2003

U.S. Tobacco Economic and Policy Outlook Presentation
Presented at the Southern Agricultural Outlook Conference
Kelly Tiller

September 26, 2003

U.S. Dark Tobacco Outlook and Potential Buyout Impacts
Presented at the 2003 Dark Tobacco Conference
Kelly Tiller

October 11, 2003

USDA Tobacco Situation and Outlook Summary
Economic Research Service
Tom Capehart
September 18, 2003


2003 Burley Tobacco Quota

2003 December Yearbook Summary
Press Release ERS-TBS
December 2003

USDA 2003 Burley Tobacco Quota and Program Provisions
Press release from USDA’s Farm Service Agency
Jan 31, 2003

2003 Manufacturer Purchase Intentions
Press release from the USDA's Farm Service Agency
January 16, 2003

FSA Tobacco Marketing Card Quota Information
Link to the Farm Service Agency website where individual farm and county tobacco marketing card quota information is available.

Tobacco Payment Program (TOPP)

FSA Fact Sheet

FSA News Room Press Release

President's Tobacco Commission

President's Tobacco Commission
This is a link to the website of the President's Tobacco Commission (President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public Health) and the Commission's final report.


Tobacco Contracting

Tobacco Issues: Contracting and Use of Tobacco Settlement Payments
This is a paper and accompanying presentation made at the 2001 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum in Washington, DC. It provides a brief overview of a number of issues on the radar screen of the tobacco industry and focuses on the widespread and rapid increase in the use of contracts in tobacco marketing. It also provides an update on how tobacco settlement (MSA) payments and Phase II payments are being used in major tobacco-producing states.
Kelly H. Tiller
February 23, 2001
Link to the Paper
Link to the Presentation

Contracting in US Agriculture and US Tobacco
This is a presentation made to participants in the Philip Morris Agricultural Leadership Development Program in Lexington, Kentucky. It provides current information about the use of contracts in other sectors of U.S. agriculture and then focuses on the use of contracts in tobacco.
Kelly H. Tiller
January 10, 2001
Link to the Presentation

An Overview of Contracting in US Agriculture
This is a presentation that was made at a special roundtable meeting of the Southern Tobacco Communities Project that focused on the potential impact moving toward tobacco contracts would have on growers and the program. The presentation provides some context for how contracting works in other sectors of agriculture in the U.S. and highlights some of the potential pros and cons for a contracting situation for tobacco.
Kelly H. Tiller
June 26, 1999
Link to the Presentation

Univ. of Kentucky Tobacco Economics Online -- Contracting
This is a link to the section of Will Snell's (University of Kentucky) website devoted to contracting in tobacco. Papers, briefs, and presentations are available.

North Carolina State Univ. Tobacco Economics -- Contracting
This is a link to the section of Blake Brown's (North Carolina State University) website devoted to contracting in tobacco. Information to be posted Spring 2001.