Star Tobacco’s recent expansion is being reflected in the establishment of bigger facilities in Turkey and Indonesia.Read More
In an economically poor country such as Malawi, the question arises as to why fewer farmers registered to grow tobacco this season than did so the previous season.Read More
Green-leaf purchases have begun in Brazil, and Universal Corporation believes already that its fiscal year 2019 volumes will rise, given a recovery in African volumes and overall market stability. Read More
Not one tree seedling has been planted in Zimbabwe as part of a government reforestation scheme funded to the tune of US$20 million by levies imposed on farmers since 2015.Read More
It is not just the weather that can turn a good season into a poor one for Zimbabwe's tobacco growers. Middlemen blowing in after harvest time can do the same.Read More
The Philippines’ government seems intent on burdening smokers with crippling levels of taxes as part of a policy that seems likely to backfire to the cost of the wider community.Read More
Leaf tobacco production and export comprise one sector that can help Azerbaijan lessen its economic dependence on oil. Read More
With coal becoming an unacceptable fuel for curing tobacco, Zimbabwe is having to step up its reforestation program so as to allow growers to continue to use wood.Read More
Candace C. Formacek, Universal Corporation’s vice president and treasurer, will host a third-quarter-results conference- call on February 6.Read More
Manufacturers that have been buying tobacco for many years have tried but failed to prevent the use of child labor on farms. Now, a member of the European Parliament has raised the issue.Read More
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