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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
US Senator John McCain
added 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
Indian Country Today
added 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.
Newsday (zw)
added 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
Logansport (IN) Pharos-Tribune
added 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.
Zimbabwe Standard (zw)
added 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)
USA Today
added 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
Dhaka Daily Star (bd)
added 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.
Balkans.com (cy)
added 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
Southeast Farm Press
added 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
Newsday (zw)
added May 16, 2013 03:19
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