Ontario tobacco crop target up

 

(Paris Star) After years of decline, the exit of most growers and a difficult adjustment period, the Ontario tobacco growing sector is on a bit of a rise again.
The Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers Marketing Board reports that 243 licensed growers have been approved to grow a collective 23,000 acres of leaf this summer in Norfolk, Brant, Oxford, Elgin and Middlesex counties.
They are expected to produce a total 62 million pounds. Continued