Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 5—Throughout Daviess County, tobacco is in the process of being harvested and hung in barns like it has been for generations.

Burley grown here, however, could differ from the tobacco produced in quota states, which have been growing burley for generatons. Lancaster County farmers need to be cautious about entering a new ...

Farmers who may be eligible for a payout from the dissolution of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association face a deadline this week to become part of the settlement. The cutoff date to ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Tobacco was once a premier crop among farmers in the Tri-Cities. Since then, major changes to the tobacco industry have gone into effect, prices have dropped and labor and ...

WARSAW, Ky. (WKRC) – Farmers in Kentucky have been growing burley tobacco for more than 150 years for use in products like cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco. But the recent budget proposal by the ...

Kentucky farmers plan to grow the lowest amount of burley tobacco on record this year, according to a new report. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service recently ...

Tobacco was king of Kentucky agriculture for generations, but with that reign over, the future is uncertain for an organization that once had a key role in the industry but has struggled to remain ...