When it was time to plant the tobacco in the field, the sprouts were gathered from the hotbed, and a two-person team sat on wooden platforms three or four inches from the ground nicknamed the ...

cigar and pipe tobacco company is getting a state incentive package to consolidate and expand operations in a new $14 million plant and distribution operation, creating 39 jobs in Caswell County.

The tobacco plant’s origins can now be traced back to Bolivia, in South America. The people native to this land cultivated the plant and used it as part of their cultural traditions. Between ...

In fact, the growth of control plants was restored by the addition of soluble phosphate (data not shown). Figure 1: Growth and productivity of CSb tobacco plants subjected to different P treatments.