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2007-09-19 Home Front Economy
Farmers rediscover allure of tobacco
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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-09-19 11:21|| || Front Page|| [4 views ]  Top

#1 I do too. About every 45 minutes...
Posted by tu3031 2007-09-19 12:57||   2007-09-19 12:57|| Front Page Top

#2 What a strange idea - growing stuff people want to buy. Without government meddling.
Posted by SteveS 2007-09-19 14:40||   2007-09-19 14:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Grrrrrrrrr .....
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2007-09-19 17:56||   2007-09-19 17:56|| Front Page Top

#4 As laborers from Mexico and Honduras used axes to chop down 6-foot plants and hang them on wooden planks to dry in the sun, Barbre explained the attraction of the crop. Even factoring in higher labor and other costs....
Posted by RWV 2007-09-19 20:50||   2007-09-19 20:50|| Front Page Top

#5 When I lived in Cincinnati, Kentucky's number one cash crop was marijuana. If tobacco truly is number one now, that is encouraging.
Posted by RWV 2007-09-19 20:51||   2007-09-19 20:51|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm wondering how many people are growing their own. The price is right at the point where it's worth thinking about.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-19 20:52||   2007-09-19 20:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Kentucky's number one cash crop was marijuana.

Oh. I didn't know that. When were you here, RWV?
Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-19 21:39||   2007-09-19 21:39|| Front Page Top

#8 TW, I lived in West Chester from 1986 to 1994 and thoroughly enjoyed Cincinnati.
Posted by RWV 2007-09-19 23:43||   2007-09-19 23:43|| Front Page Top

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