Cuban tobacco farmers celebrate a bumper crop
Story Date: 3/7/2017

 

Source: WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 3/3/17

Cuba's tobacco farmers are celebrating a bumper crop after two bad years that coincided with a boom in demand set off by a surge of tourists and looser U.S. rules on cigar-buying. One night of rain combined with a winter chill can ruin a tobacco crop, leaving farmers nervous until the growing season has ended and the harvest has begun.

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