Farmers in Zimbabwe, Africa's largest tobacco producer, are predicting a sharp decline in harvests and quality. This is due to a drought blamed on climate change and worsened by the El Niño weather ...
KEARNEY, Mo. -- Visitors will not find many agricultural tools in David Pichel's tobacco barn. For the late summer tobacco harvest, all field hands need are tomahawks, spikes and wooden sticks. Unless ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday, with officials and farmers projecting a sharp decline in harvests and quality ...
Andrew Ciaglo “spears” the tobacco leaves as part of an assembly line to rival Motor City. “We all grew up together,” said Jeff Sadlowski, 60, the patriarch of the tobacco harvesting operation. Jeff ...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Tom Lee doesn’t want the Mountain Empire’s tobacco history to go up in smoke. That’s why this associate professor of history at East Tennessee State University has launched a ...
HARVEST. THE TOBACCO HARVEST AT PLAINVILLE FARM IN HADLEY STARTS IN AUGUST. THIS IS BROADLEAF TOBACCO USED FOR WRAPPING CIGARS, SO EACH PLANT MUST BE CUT BY HAND AND HANDLED WITH CARE. IT’S GOT TO BE ...
HAVANA, March 23 (Reuters) - Cuba´s Pinar del Rio province, renowned for its luxuriuosly smooth tobacco, is heading towards its worst harvest ever, state run media reported late on Wednesday. The ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Mar 4, 2017 Mar 4, 2017 0 A look at Cuba's tobacco harvest. In this Feb. 28, 2017 photo, farm hand Jorge Luis Leon Becerra uses a ...
It has been a good 12 months for what are euphemistically termed New World cigar producers—that is, those makers based outside Cuba. During the past year, it has been almost as difficult to obtain a ...
HARARE, ZimbabweHARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday, with officials and farmers projecting a sharp decline in harvests ...
A look at Cuba's tobacco harvest. In this Feb. 28, 2017 photo, farm hand Jorge Luis Leon Becerra uses a plow powered by oxen over an area where tobacco plants were recently harvested, at the Martinez ...