Tobacco used to be king in Vernon County where we live. Dairy farming was the main source of income on most farms, but the tobacco crop helped pay the taxes and, in many cases, paid off the mortgage.

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 ...

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 ...

GROUPS lauded the Philippines for “standing up for the welfare of farmers and tobacco-growing sectors” during the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) of the World Health Organization’s Framework ...

PROBOLINGGO, Indonesia (Reuters) - Thirteen-year-old Siti Maryam says she suffers headaches and nausea after harvesting tobacco leaves with her bare hands during four years of working on her family's ...