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FEINSTEIN, McCAIN: END TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES FOR TOBACCO INSURANCE
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John McCain (R-Arizona) today introduced an amendment to the Senate farm bill to eliminate taxpayer subsidized crop insurance for tobacco production. The amendment, which saves $333 million over the next decade, d
May 20, 2013
US Senator John McCain
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May 22, 2013 18:43
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[Louisiana] Perique Tobacco: Choctaw Tradition
According to Gun and Garden, the Choctaws fermented the tobacco in hollow logs. Today it is typically aged in oak whiskey barrels for at least a year. The name is misleading attributed to Pierre “Perique” Chenet, who learned this technique from the Choc
May 20, 2013
Indian Country Today
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May 21, 2013 13:42
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[Africa, UK, Zimbabwe] British citizen wins back seized tobacco
HIGH Court judge Justice Alphias Chitakunye has issued an order barring five locals from interfering with a United Kingdom-based businessman Rafik Halani, and ordered them to release his tobacco and vacate his business premises in Ruwa.
May 20, 2013
Newsday (zw)
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May 20, 2013 09:15
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[Indiana] 4-H considers smoke-free campus
The 4-H fairground may consider going smoke-free in time for the county fair. Members of the fair board heard a presentation last week from the tobacco cessation group of Better Health of Cass County about the health effects of second-hand smoke. Board m
May 20, 2013
Logansport (IN) Pharos-Tribune
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May 20, 2013 09:04
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] No respite for burley tobacco farmers
SEASONAL burley tobacco prices were averaging US$1,48 per kg at the auction floors last week amid fears that low prices obtaining would drive away farmers from growing the crop.
May 19, 2013
Zimbabwe Standard (zw)
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May 19, 2013 18:50
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VIDEO: Could tobacco be the next biofuel?
Biofuel researchers at UC Berkeley may keep the tobacco industry from going up in smoke. Scientists are engineering tobacco plants to produce oils that can serve as biofuels to power airplanes, cars, trucks and other machines. (May 17)
May 17, 2013
USA Today
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May 20, 2013 09:00
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[Asia, Bangladesh] The Stench of Tobacco
The field is shared by Saptibari High School with 700 students. There is also a school for the blind adjacent to the tobacco market. Students of 11 other schools and colleges face the same situation due to tobacco bazaars that have invaded the school fie
May 17, 2013
Dhaka Daily Star (bd)
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May 19, 2013 11:17
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[Europe] Bulgarians hope proposals to restore EU tobacco subsidies will help save their jobs
But many Europeans still rely on the crop for an income, and hope proposals to restore EU subsidies will help save their jobs. In Bulgaria, the EU's poorest member state, many feel they have an especially raw deal.
May 17, 2013
Balkans.com (cy)
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May 17, 2013 23:38
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Strong demand for tobacco leads to increased plantings
Thanks to vigorous encouragement from buyers, tobacco farmers were planning to increase plantings over last season when USDA conducted its Prospective Plantings survey in March. Acreage projections for all but one of the major types will be higher in 20
May 16, 2013
Southeast Farm Press
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May 16, 2013 14:45
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] 'No price wars' in the tobacco industry
tobacco industry has grown in leaps and bounds since 2009 when the country adopted the multicurrency system and the emergence of new small-scale growers. NewsDay Business Reporter Victoria Mtomba spoke to Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) chai
May 16, 2013
Newsday (zw)
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May 16, 2013 03:19