Selvin Beecher has been working at the Jarmoc tobacco fields since 1987. Rain starts to fall but most of the workers stay to harvest the tobacco in Enfield. (Douglas Hook / Hartford Courant) Sammy ...
DARLINGTON — Flue-cured tobacco. The smell is intoxicating, resiny and rich. Pulled from the curing barn, the sap still clings to the nutty brown leaves that have been carefully tended since the ...
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has urged tobacco farmers to harvest only mature leaves and strictly adhere to recommended handling and curing procedures to minimise losses, as ...