Despite greater volumes, tobacco farmers in Malawi earned 18 percent less from their tobacco than they did last year. Read More
The number of farmers who have registered to grow tobacco in Zimbabwe has increased by almost 15 percent this season, and the area planted to tobacco has risen by more than 11 percent.Read More
A number of farmers in Kentucky are starting to plant hemp instead of tobacco because hemp is ‘taking off’ while the tobacco market is ‘flailing’. Read More
The tenancy labor system in Malawi has come under attack during a workshop called to discuss whether it should be regulated or abolished in respect of tobacco production.Read More
Giving U.S. leaf its dueRead More
Can organic leaf break out of its niche?Read More
Independents hold their own in an increasingly concentrated market.Read More
Tanzania’s transformation into a prominent leaf tobacco supplier has been a process rather than an event—and it continues today.Read More
U.S. Tobacco Cooperative (USTC) was left out of Tobacco Reporter’s July 2016 Who’s who edition (“From the source,” page 50), which focused on leaf merchants. As a key player in the leaf tobacco industry, Read More
Flavor styles are getting scarce. Read More
