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Post-Tier Rail And Typar® Or Metal-Covered Tobacco Field Curing Structures, George A. Duncan
Post-Tier Rail And Typar® Or Metal-Covered Tobacco Field Curing Structures, George A. Duncan
Agricultural Engineering Extension Publications
Tobacco producers are rapidly adopting field curing structures with several variations in construction materials and methods. They are looking to lower costs and increase efficiency by installing structures that require less maintenance and last longer.
Two recently designed structures appear to provide more permanent options for producers who dislike the tedious tasks of covering and securing the plastic over the tobacco during the curing season. Both structures use two-rail-wide, two-post wooden construction, but they differ in their roof coverings. One uses Typar®, and the other uses metal.