Nick Uchneat has spent the summers farming tobacco since he was 9 years old. He initially started by tagging along with his ...

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.

After spending eight years making a documentary about tobacco farming, cultural geographer and musician Jim Crawford (left) is reaping a harvest. He's staged two "premiere" screenings of "Down in the ...

Sheldon Reid hands a rack of Tabacco to Shawn Simpson during harvest at Teddy Smiarowski Farm in Hatfield Monday afternoon, August 4, 2025. Staff Photo/Carol Lollis Award-winning coverage on breaking ...

*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 ...

Children as young as seven are legally working on U.S. tobacco farms, and the practice is, not surprisingly, harming their the health. In a 138-page report titled "Tobacco's Hidden Children," ...

FLORENCE What do bananas have to do with helping South Carolina tobacco growers combat a multimillion-dollar problem with bacterial wilt disease? Bacterial wilt, once a minor problem in this state, ...

The scale of destruction marks an unprecedented reversal for an industry that has sustained southern Lebanese communities ...