Thursday, January 27, 2011

Farmers left in lurch by tobacco buyer


(canoe.ca) Tobacco farmers who contracted with a Tillsonburg buyer may be out more than this year's earnings.
Contractors won't sign farmers that have crop remaining in their barns from the previous year, say several local growers.
However, farmers contracted out with True Blend, a two-year-old Tillsonburg buyer, have millions of pounds of tobacco resting in their barns. Some claim they stopped shipping their loads once they received late or no payment at all. Continued

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