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Global reps learn about high-quality Virginia tobacco

September 20, 2018

Visitors from seven countries recently learned about tobacco grown in Virginia and North Carolina, which some say is the best in the world.

Crops, News, Tobacco

Tobacco growers consider implications of FDA nicotine proposal

May 3, 2018

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration takes public comment on a proposed nicotine standard for combustible tobacco products, Virginia tobacco growers are considering the future of their industry.

Crops, Health and Wellness, Legislative Issues, News, Tobacco

Grant funding available for Southside vineyard development; additional grapes needed

January 26, 2017

The Virginia Tobacco Commission has awarded a grant to help grow Southern Virginia wineries.

Crops, Grants, News, Programs, Tobacco, Wine Grapes

Tobacco, broilers, milk are Virginia’s leading organic products

December 1, 2016

Tobacco is the leading organic product in Virginia, the state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced Sept. 16, citing survey findings of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Crops, News, Tobacco

Virginia’s oldest cash crop holding on in a new age

January 28, 2016

It’s been more than a decade since the 2004 tobacco buyout, but the Virginia commodity is still growing strong.

Crops, Tobacco

Heavy rainfall virtually halts fieldwork, damages some Va. crops

October 9, 2015

Although Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Virginia “dodged a bullet” with Hurricane Joaquin, farmers still got hit with crop damage.

Cotton, Crops, Peanuts, Soybeans, Tobacco

Historic tobacco barns being saved

September 3, 2015

Like many old rural buildings, tobacco curing barns often are left to collapse from old age. But unlike other old barns, tobacco barns also represent a business and a way of life that shaped Virginia for centuries.

Crops, Tobacco

Global tobacco reps learn about quality U.S. leaf

August 27, 2015

Visitors from almost a dozen countries recently learned about tobacco grown in what several people referred to as “the greatest tobacco region in the world.”

Crops, Tobacco

Tobacco remains a top Virginia crop

July 9, 2015

Virginia flue-cured tobacco production has rebounded from a decade ago, when the generations-old auction system and federal tobacco quotas ended.

Crops, Tobacco

Tobacco growers will have to weigh options in light of closing

February 9, 2012

Smaller-scale burley tobacco growers in Southwest Virginia will have to consider their next move in light of the closing of a Philip Morris USA receiving station.

Crops, Tobacco

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