Tobacco auction system is all but snuffed out
By BRUCE SCHREINER Tripp Foy’s sing-song chant rang out like a sentimental oldie for die-hard farmers clinging to the old way of selling tobacco, as a small procession of buyers…
Tobacco farming
SC GOV: HEAVY RAINS A DISASTER FOR AGRICULTURE
By BRUCE SMITH South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and state Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers discuss the effect of this summer’s heavy rains on farmers in South Carolina during a news…
PARAGUAY’S NEW PRESIDENT WAS TARGETED BY THE DEA
By PEDRO SERVIN and MICHAEL WARREN Paraguay’s new President Horacio Cartes, left, receives the presidential sash from Congress President Julio Cesar Velazquez during Cartes’ swearing-in ceremony at Palacio de Lopez…
APNEWSBREAK: EX-SURGEON GENERAL JOINS E-CIG BOARD
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Several different versions of the NJOY electronic cigarettes are shown in Richmond, Va., Friday, March 22, 2013. Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, who highlighted the dangers…