With tobacco under fire, farmers fighting back

Because tobacco companies bought less and the government pool had to take so much of last season's crop, quotas have been cut. Bud Guinn, state statistician for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says that last year, 64,940 acres of tobacco were grown. This year, that's expected to drop t...

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Published inThe Knoxville news-sentinel
Main Author Leslie Lloyd Associated Press
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Knoxville, Tenn Gannett Media Corp 12.04.1994
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Sasscer, Carroll
Thompson, Ben
Wells, Hugh
JOHNSON CITY
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Summary:Because tobacco companies bought less and the government pool had to take so much of last season's crop, quotas have been cut. Bud Guinn, state statistician for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says that last year, 64,940 acres of tobacco were grown. This year, that's expected to drop to 63,340 acres. Many tobacco farmers have other jobs and farm other crops. Guinn says some small farmers are deciding not to bother with tobacco. Some farmers say they won't quit growing tobacco until it's no longer profitable. Since tobacco returns more money an acre than do other crops, many farmers say they will stay with it.