Tobacco growers consider lawsuit
“If they plead guilty to the charges, obviously we got screwed,” says former tobacco board chair
“If they plead guilty to the charges, obviously we got screwed,” says former tobacco board chair
There’s no happiness in tobacco country Wednesday as the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers’ Marketing Board reached a deal with the Tobacco Advisory Committee for a 23.15 million pound crop worth $45 million.
If you’re a tobacco grower wanting to exit the industry, don’t expect any new exit programs from the federal government.
They weren’t mentioned in a pre-budget release of changes to agricultural risk management primarily aimed to bolster a struggling livestock sector, and they weren’t mentioned in yesterday’s unveiling of the federal budget. That has tobacco growers steamed, says the chair of the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers’ Marketing Board.