Tobacco contract cuts hurt Surry County farmers

(Mount Airy News) ... Many of his fellow growers whose contracts were yanked are left with few options.
There’s no severance, no unemployment, nothing.
“It was a very sad day for a lot of farmers yesterday,” Key said on Friday. “Yesterday’s phone calls changed a lot of people’s lives in a big way. For a lot of folks that phone call was as bad as losing a loved one.” Continued