The Burley Stabilization Corporation represents and administers price support to burley tobacco (type 31) farmers located in the states of Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. Production in these areas totals approximately 96,343 metric tons, and is sold on twenty-one tobacco markets in the three states.

The officers of the corporation are George M. Marks, President; Joe K. Thomas, III, Vice-President; and William O. L. Myers, Secretary/Treasurer & Managing Director.

For additional information:
William O. L. Myers, Managing Director
P.O. Box 6447
(4320 McCalla Avenue)
Knoxville, Tennessee 37914

Telephone: 423-525-9381
Fax: 423-525-8383

This cooperative was organized in 1941. The primary purpose is to administer the price support program for burley tobacco (type 31) in the states of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and West Virginia. By laws of the U.S. Congress this cooperative is able to borrow funds from the U.S. government to advance loans to burley growers in amounts based upon certain qualities and characteristics of the tobacco being marketed. Other responsibilities are to keep its membership informed on tobacco related issues and to promote and protect U.S. grown burley tobacco. Membership in this cooperative is approximately 150,000 growers.

For additional information:
Mr. Danny McKinney, Chief Executive Officer
P.O. Box 860
Lexington, Kentucky 40587

Telephone: 606-252-3561
Fax: 606-231-9804

The Eastern Dark Fired Tobacco Growers' Association represents 14,000 producers and quota owners in north central Tennessee and south central Kentucky. These growers produce Dark Fire-Cured (Type 22) and Dark Air-Cured (Type 35 One Sucker) tobaccos. The Association administers the United States Department of Agriculture's price support program and provides assistance and/or loan stocks to companies desiring quality dark tobaccos. The President of the Association is Dan S. Borthick and the Secretary Treasurer/ General Manager is Kenneth W. Smith.

Dark Air and Fire-Cured tobaccos are used in a variety of products including moist and dry snuff, roll your own smoking tobacco, loose leaf, plug and twist chewing tobacco, cigars and pipe tobaccos.

For additional information:
Mr. Kenneth W. Smith, General Manager
P.O. Box 517
Springfield, Tennessee 37172-0517

Telephone: 615-384-4543
Fax: 615-384-4545

The administrative control of the Western Dark Fired Tobacco Growers' Association is vested in a board of eight directors. The president of the association is Jim Kelly; vice president, Gail Dobson; and the general manager is Will Ed Clark.
The purposes of the association are to market the tobacco crops of its members cooperatively, stabilize markets of dark tobacco and dark tobacco products; engage in any activity connected with the handling, processing, storing and selling of dark tobacco and dark tobacco products; and to sell to its members any machinery, equipment or supplies used in any of the above mentioned activities.

The association represents growers of Type 23, dark fire cured tobacco, and Type 35, dark air cured tobacco. Type 23 is mainly used in making snuff, plug, and twist chewing tobacco. About half of the crop is exported. Type 35 is used in plug and twist chewing tobacco, snuff, and to some extent smoking tobacco.

Inquires: Will E. Clark, General Manager
206 Maple Street
P. O. Box 1056
Murray, Kentucky 42071-1056

Telephone: 502-753-3341
Fax: 502-753-3342

The Northern Wisconsin Co-Operative Tobacco Pool receives and sells Havana type 55 cigar leaf tobacco. They also handle and sell grower supplies of seed, bed canvas, chemicals and fertilizers in Wisconsin. In addition, they assist growers with production or cultural problems; are available for local, state, federal legislative assistance; and are the Wisconsin tobacco voice for state tobacco farmers.

For additional information:
Mr. George Nettum, General Manager
P.O. Box 47
Viroqua, Wisconsin 54665

Telephone: 608-637-3277
Fax: 608-637-7840

The administrative control of Dark Tobacco Sales Cooperative is vested in a board of six directors. The President of the association is Joseph A. Hazlegrove; Vice President, Horace Adams; and the General Manager is Haywood J. Hamlet.

The purposes of this cooperative is to offer support prices to the grower through contracts with the auction warehouses. Any tobacco taken under loan is accepted by the Cooperative, redried, packed and stored to be offered for sale at a later date. This tobacco moves into the trade to supplement for bad crop years or is sold to companies not represented on the warehouse floor.

The Cooperative is responsible for Virginia Dark Fired (Type 21) and Virginia Sun Cured (Type 37) tobaccos. Type 21 is mainly snuff and cigar filler domestically and smoking mixtures in Scandinavian Countries and Germany. Type 37 Sun Cured tobacco (air-cured) is mainly used in making snuff and chewing tobacco domestically and smoking mixtures in Scandinavian Countries.

For additional information:
Haywood J. Hamlet, General Manager P. O. Box 447 Farmville, Virginia 23901

Telephone: 804-392-3785
Fax: 804-392 -8586