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 ...

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Lowe learned the trade while working as a laborer on a neighbor’s farm in high school and he grew his first crop of dark-fire tobacco in 2002. At the time, there were a little more than 29,000 tobacco ...

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Kutsaga Research has urged tobacco farmers to adopt effective measures to control mealy bugs infestations that may compromise the targeted 4, 5 tonnes per hectare yields this season.

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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 ...

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.

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Since Lowe started his farm, trends in the regional tobacco production and increases in production costs for the crop have been a big factor in the industry. Labor costs are one of the biggest ...