Tobacco pays the bills. His family has everything they need. That’s all he can hope for. "For the hours I put in, it’s not really worth it, but that’s part of farming,” he said.

However, farmers are determined to meet this year’s targets, on the back of predicted good rains for the 2024/25 farming ...

Data and analytics from Euromonitor International show that the tobacco industry in the Middle East and Africa is growing in both cigarettes and alternative tobacco products, with Egypt ...

When Grant Jeffrey Garst was in high school, he started doing just what his daddy and grandfather had done before him: growing tobacco. Now he’s 28 years old with a wife, an 18-month-old daughter, and ...

advertising bans and smoke-free environments), the tobacco industry claims that tobacco farmers will be negatively affected and that no viable, sustainable alternatives exist. This book, based on ...

Despite its profitability, tobacco farming is facing challenges due to declining government support, changing smoking habits, and rising labor costs. The curing process for dark-fired tobacco is ...

North Carolina’s deep-rooted history with tobacco farming makes it a key player in the industry, leading the nation in overall and flue-cured tobacco production. Since colonial times ...

Memphis-based Kudzukian Media Group partnered with the state to put a focus on Tennessee's diverse farming industry that ...

THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has set a target of 300 million kilogrammes in the 2024/25 farming season on the back of normal to above normal rainfall projections. TIMB acting ...

Consider the Master Settlement Agreement with the tobacco industry in the United States roughly 25 years ago, where the companies could shrug off even a settlement of a minimum of US$206-billion ...