A good deal of prime farm land in Connecticut has been developed for commercial use. It’s a pressure that all farmers feel. Yet farming is still retaining a foothold in Connecticut, with a new crop of ...

The amendment would reverse the exclusion of tobacco farmers from eligibility for financial assistance that USDA is allocated ...

NEWBERRY — Trevor Bass walked among the rows of tobacco plants — the broad, green leaves up to his chest — and declared a good crop. From amid the 210 acres planted in tobacco this year, the plants ...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY -- As the hot, steamy days of summer pass, hardy rows of green tobacco ripen, turning bright yellow leaf by leaf. As the leaves begin to yellow, farmers prepare to harvest their crop.

Despite a worldwide decline in production, tobacco remains North Carolina's most valuable crop. During the picking season, it's all hands on deck — and some of those hands belong to kids as young as 7 ...

The southern United States is a vast expanse of fields and undeveloped land, much of of which has been used for growing tobacco for hundreds of years. Tobacco is a terrific cash crop, and tobacco ...

In the U.S., children under the age of 18 are legally barred from purchasing cigarettes or other tobacco products. But they are allowed to harvest tobacco on farms. Despite a worldwide decline in ...

Currently, top producers of tobacco are China (39.6%), India (8.3%), Brazil (7.0%) and the United States (4.6%), yet over 120 countries produce such crops, over an area estimated to be of 4 million ...