DATE:     10/31/02
CONTACT:  Dr. DeWitt Gooden, (843) 662-3526; dgooden@clemson.edu
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343; tlollis@clemson.edu

Extension schedules two
tobacco meetings Nov. 14-15

     FLORENCE -- The Clemson Extension Service has scheduled dates for
the combined state tobacco and tobacco greenhouse meetings in November.
     "We'll have two separate meetings with identical programs designed
to update producers on ways to solve production problems," said DeWitt
Gooden, Extension tobacco specialist.
     The first meeting will be Nov. 14 at the Schoolhouse Restaurant in
Scranton on U.S. Highway 52. The second will be Nov. 15 at the Pee Dee
Federal Bank in Mullins on U.S. Highway 76.
     Both programs will begin with registration at 9 a.m. and adjourn
around 1:30 p.m.
     Each program begins with a session looking at quality issues.
Speakers will also cover diseases, including tomato spotted wilt virus
and how to manage it agronomically.
     The program also includes a look at insect management, management
of greenhouse plants, the latest information on the outlook for tobacco
and an update on the tobacco buyout program.
     Lunch will be served at 12:35 p.m.
     For more information contact DeWitt Gooden at (843) 669-1912; ext.
203, or e-mail him at dgooden@clemson.edu.
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