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Photos from the Field: 1966 tobacco board

North Carolina has a rich history of tobacco production, and it remains our state’s largest export crop. N.C. tobacco growers recently reached an agreement with China to provide 52 million pounds of tobacco for the country. The deal was made with China Tobacco International, China’s government-run tobacco company. The sale will increase tobacco sales to […]

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News Roundup

Each week we’ll round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from newspapers across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to each paper’s full story. “China buys 52 million pounds of tobacco,” Winston-Salem Journal: North Carolina tobacco growers have reached agreement with China on […]

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