Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 2/7/17

At Friday’s annual Tobacco Growers of North Carolina meeting during the Southern Farm Show, tobacco growers were hoping for better, but right now, they’re generally hoping for not worse.  NC State Economist Dr. Blake Brown: “That’s true.  I mean, it could have been a lot worse this year.  Brazil has a very large crop, and a good quality crop, I understand, that has just come off in the past month or so."

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