Increases in economic costs per acre were greater for flue-cured tobacco than
for burley tobacco in 2004 because of increases in the no-net-cost assessments
and quota costs for flue-cured tobacco.1 The increase in economic costs for
flue-cured tobacco was offset by yield increases. As a result, net returns for
flue-cured tobacco declined less than net returns for burley tobacco in 2004.