1. And farmers in the main tobacco-growing states are refusing to grow new tobacco that is genetically modified to reduce nicotine. 2. And farmers in other states, such as Texas, would likely try to grow tobacco, which generates more income per acre than soybeans, cotton or corn. 3. Billy Driver knows more than most how much tobacco the Gores grew on their farms. 4. A more competitive market would almost certainly lead to larger farms, concentrated in fewer hands, growing more tobacco at a lower price. 5. Al Gore once grew tobacco. 6. Burley tobacco is grown mostly in Kentucky. 7. During a speech in North Carolina, Gore proudly recounted that his own family grew tobacco on their Tennessee farm. 8. Farmers could continue to grow tobacco, but the market would set prices with no federal manipulation of domestic production. 9. Even the American Indians grew tobacco. 10. Flue-cured tobacco is grown in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Virginia. |