Tobacco remains a top Virginia crop
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Virginia flue-cured tobacco production has rebounded from a decade ago, when the generations-old auction system and federal tobacco quotas ended.
Search Results for tobacco
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Governor McAuliffe announces new executive director for Virginia Tobacco Commission
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Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced that Evan Feinman has been appointed Executive Director of the newly named Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission.
U.S. Tobacco Cooperative redeeming Stabilization certificates
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The U.S. Tobacco Cooperative Inc. has issued an announcement to tobacco farmers who delivered tobacco to the Flue Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corp. from 1967 through 1973.
Governor McAuliffe, Sen. Ruff, Del. Kilgore introduce Tobacco Commission enhancement legislation
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Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced the introduction of legislation to enhance the efficiency and the effectiveness of the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission.
Virginia tobacco growers weather changes; payments to cease
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Virginia tobacco farmers have lived through enormous marketing changes in the past 30 years, and more change is coming. About the only constant has been that tobacco is still an extremely valuable crop that’s worth the time and effort to grow.
World Health Organization taps VCU tobacco product research center as a collaborator
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The Center for the Study of Tobacco Products at Virginia Commonwealth University has been named a World Health Organization collaborating center that will assist the global health organization with questions related to tobacco product testing and research.
Hand in the cookie jar? Democrats raise issue with Terry Kilgore, tobacco commission
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Yesterday marked yet another episode in the shady saga of Terry Kilgore as he continues to use his official Tobacco Commission chairmanship to benefit his family members.
Report: Virginia wheat, tobacco up, barley down
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today that Virginia’s wheat producers expect yields to average 65 bushels per acre in 2014.
Score one for the Big East: Pitt humbles UNC on Tobacco Road
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Back in the media workroom at the Greensboro Coliseum, I’m sitting in what we probably need to call the Big East Row, surrounded by radio, TV and beat writers who cover Pitt and Syracuse.
Barley yield and flue-cured tobacco production up
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today that Virginia’s wheat producers expect yields to average 64 bushels per acre in 2013.
