Simcoe Leaf closure: Tobacco growers have alternatives

(Canoe.ca) While lamenting that parent company Universal Tobacco of Richmond, Virginia, will cease operation in Simcoe at the end of June, Neukamm said tobacco growers in the local area should be able to make alternative processing arrangements with companies elsewhere.
This may include shipping cured bales to Universal's giant processing facility in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina, or Alliance One's processing facility in Farmville, North Carolina. ... The 24 full-time employees of Simcoe Leaf who were laid off Monday were told that negotiations with Grand River Enterprises of Six Nations – the third largest manufacturer of cigarettes in Canada – were at a preliminary stage. Continued

Pictured: Auction sale in tobacco warehouse. Durham, North Carolina by Marion Post Wolcott, 1939 (Library of Congress).