Tobacco farming in the U.S., mainly concentrated in North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, in order of production, is on the decline due to changing habits, overseas competition and other ...
VIROQUA, Wis. — Since 1957, George Nettum has managed the Viroqua-based Northern Wisconsin Cooperative Tobacco Pool, composed of about 300 tobacco growers in Vernon, Crawford, Richland, Monroe, La ...
Graduate Aaron Perkins, left, and Derrick Coble, assistant professor/swine specialist and program coordinator chat at the Bright Leaf to Berkshires Graduation Ceremony. Transitioning from tobacco ...
After more than four centuries of ubiquity and profits, North Carolina’s tobacco production bottomed out in 2020 to a level not seen in nearly 100 years. Now, the state is down to about 1,300 tobacco ...