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Crop Report: El Corojo Farm, Honduras
Nearly 250 acres of tobacco is flourishing at the El Corojo farm in Honduras, which is owned by Christian Eiroa.
Crop Report: La Canela Farm, The Dominican Republic
About 110 acres of Piloto Cubano are growing in the fields of the La Canela farm in the Dominican Republic. The small tobacco plants were put into the ground three weeks ago, all …
Plasencias Harvesting 152nd Crop In Nicaragua, Honduras
The Plasencia family is in the midst of its 2017–2018 tobacco harvest, which Nestor Andrés Plasencia, vice president of Plasencia Tobacco S.A., says is exceptional.
Heirloom Seeds
Tobacco growers are looking to the past for new flavor, working with old seeds once lost to the annals of time.
Crop Report: Late Growing Season In Dominican Republic Finally Concludes
After a late and extended growing season, the tobacco harvests of the Dominican Republic are finally wrapping up. Excessive rain from September to December of last year made it …
Philip Wynn Grows Bumper Crop In Costa Rica
In the mountains of Costa Rica, 4,000 feet above sea level, tobacco grower and cigarmaker Philip Wynn is almost done with his tobacco harvest of 2016. The last growing season …
Planting Season Officially Opens in Cuba
The Cuban government declared October 10 as the official start of the planting season for the 2016-2017 tobacco crop.
Crop Report: Dominican Republic
It's harvest season for Dominican tobacco growers, and after a particularly dry 2015, the seedlings that went into the ground late last year have matured and are beginning to make …
A Passion For Seeds
In the back patio of Eumelio Espino Marrero's humble home, Triunfo struts around, showing off the proud result of nearly 20 years of his owner's hobby: creating a "bonsai …