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    • Fast Facts

  • The tobacco industry provides more than 52,000 jobs statewide, creating an estimated $2 billion in compensation.
  • Local, state and federal treasuries receive more than $2 billion in annual tax revenues from the tobacco industry, including consumer excise and sales taxes as well as personal and corporate income taxes.
  • Georgia ranks fifth nationally in growing, warehousing, manufacturing and trading both wholesale and retail tobacco and tobacco products.
  • Tobacco provides returns up to $2,500 or more per acre.
  • Colquitt and Coffee counties are two of the most productive tobacco-producing counties in Georgia.

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    Tobacco

    Tobacco has been an important part of Georgia agriculture for more than 200 years. The crop helped establish the state as a valuable exporting colony, rescued farmers from the boll weevil and has proven its dependability as a marketable crop, adding millions of dollars to the state's agricultural revenues.

    Georgia is known for its superior flue-cured tobacco, the primary ingredient in blended cigarettes.

    More than 26,500 acres were devoted to tobacco production in 2001, with production totaling 64.4 million pounds.

    Georgia's tobacco industry involves more than growing tobacco. From the farm to the manufacturer to the retail store, with suppliers and related businesses in between, the tobacco industry provides jobs in virtually every sector and in every corner of Georgia.

    Georgia's Tobacco Auction Warehouses

    Alma
    South Georgia Golden Leaf 912/632-7887
    Alma Brightleaf Tobacco Warehouse 912/632-7312
    Blackshear
    Farmers Tobacco Warehouse 912/449-3940
    Big Z & Planters Warehouse 912/449-5331
    Claxton
    Farmers Tobacco Warehouse 912/739-3081
    Douglas
    Growers Tobacco Warehouse 912/384-7600
    Tri-County Tobacco Warehouse 912/383-9460
    Planters 912/384-7600
    Fitzgerald
    Gold Leaf Warehouse 229/468-7778
    Hahira
    Hahira Tobacco Sales 229/794-2450
    Moultrie
    H & R Tobacco Warehouse 229/890-3301
    South Ga Tobacco Growers 229/985-5586
    Pidcock Tobacco Warehouse 229/985-1507
    Cole Tobacco Warehouse 229/985-8515
    Nashville
    Perkins Warehouses 229/686-2553
    Planters Warehouse 229/686-2256
    Pelham
    Pelham Tobacco Warehouse 912/294-7000
    Statesboro
    Brannen's Tobacco 912/764-3930
    Tifton
    Growers Tobacco Warehouse 229/382-8540
    Valdosta
    Roy Pearce's Tobacco Warehouses 229/244-8110
    Vidalia
    Farmers Tobacco Warehouse 229/526-6629
    Brick Tobacco Warehouse 229/537-4383

     

    More Information

    • Georgia Agricultural Commision for Tobacco: (912)386-3468, Executive Director Virginia Baker
    • Georgia Tobacco Hotline, (800)659-7288, for general info about current tobacco news
    • Georgia Tobacco Warehouse Association: (912)985-1507, Pres. Dane Perkins
    • Georgia Tobacco Superfund: (404)463-4390
    • University of Georgia Tobacco Page
    • Tobacco Links from the UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

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