MOUNT STERLING, Ky. -- Each spring, the agriculture students at the public high school here lay out long, straight rows of baby burley tobacco plants that crest a little ridge outside this Bluegrass ...

Tobacco farmers are on edge as cigarette companies decide how much tobacco they plan to buy next season. Farmers are particularly interested in what the companies will do in light of the recent ...

Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn't unheard of—tobacco has been used as a herbal medicine in the past. But now, in the ...

When Grant Jeffrey Garst was in high school, he started doing just what his daddy and grandfather had done before him: growing tobacco. Now he’s 28 years old with a wife, an 18-month-old daughter, and ...

Watch a Nicotiana rustica (Aztec tobacco) plant grow from seed to flower in just 60 days. This powerful tobacco species contains up to nine times more nicotine than common varieties and is also used ...

Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum touches on the long history of tobacco growing in the state. Jim Daniels, president of the museum, and Duane Adams, a member of the board of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGHP) — If you’ve spent time with farmers ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Miami-based Vector Group Ltd. wants farmers in southeastern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania to grow some of the genetically modified tobacco for the company's planned ...

INDIAN MOUND, Tenn. (WTVF) — Bobby Darnell isn't sure what he's going to do. Last week, all of his farm equipment stood idle, sans the fertilizer truck getting stuck in the mud. The amount of rain ...