MANILA, Philippines — The country’s tobacco output recovered to over 45 million kilos last year as farmers were encouraged to produce more due to favorable buying prices driven by growing ...

TOBACCO leaf production increased 7.45% to 45.4 million kilograms in 2024, with more farmers encouraged to plant by export opportunities and local government prodding, according to the National ...

Distor also noted that the number of tobacco farmers grew as corn planters struggled to deal with fall armyworms which prompted them to shift to planting tobacco instead. “Corn is currently ...

“We project that this will lead to P29 billion of forgone revenue for public health and tobacco farmers from 2026 to 2030 and will make cigarettes and electronic smoking devices more accessible to the ...

“I was worried about backlash from some crazy tobacco farmer.” She once accompanied him to a meeting in Chapel Hill, N.C., and they received a police escort. In 1990, Daynard flew to Orlando ...

with the top performer earning a spot at the Grand Final in Invercargill this July. Joining the FMG Young Farmer of the Year contestants are primary-aged AgriKidsNZ and high school FMG Junior ...

BISMARCK — North Dakota may increase the interstate’s speed limit to 80 mph, but one of the bills suggesting the long-requested change could cost farmers ... Murphy, a Grand Forks Republican ...

If Ryan Gregory turns up on your doorstep, chances are you're about to inherit some money. For more than two decades, Ryan has been working as an heir hunter, tracking down distant relatives from ...

Casela said the NTA aims to expand local tobacco farming by securing 4,000 additional hectares per year, which can support 18,000 farmers annually, as well as continuous support to local farmers to ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been confronted by angry and frustrated locals who have been without power for days at a time in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn. The newly elected Taoiseach was visiting an ...