Saturday, November 5, 2011

American tobacco farmers under siege


(WCTV) Tobacco is all farmer Daniel Johnson knows; he's been growing it for 28 years. He uses a tobacco harvester to launch his leaves into a hallowed out school bus.He jokes that school buses are the cheapest form of transportation known to man.
But even if Johnson's named Georgia Farmer of the Year a third time, it won't be enough to save his crop from one of the driest harvest seasons in decades. Continued

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