A look at Cuba's tobacco harvest. In this Feb. 28, 2017 photo, farm hand Jorge Luis Leon Becerra uses a plow powered by oxen over an area where tobacco plants were recently harvested, at the Martinez ...

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.

On a recent July morning, Dwight Arnold stood in front of one of his Connecticut shade tobacco fields, the plants shielded from the sun by a white shade cloth, barking orders to the mix of men and ...

*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 ...