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Crop Report: El Corojo Farm, Honduras

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.

February 5, 2019
Crop Report: La Canela Farm, The Dominican Republic

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 …

October 29, 2018
Plasencias Harvesting 152nd Crop In Nicaragua, Honduras

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.

January 17, 2018
Heirloom Seeds

Heirloom Seeds

Tobacco growers are looking to the past for new flavor, working with old seeds once lost to the annals of time.

August 1, 2017
Crop Report: Late Growing Season In Dominican Republic Finally Concludes

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 …

May 17, 2017
Philip Wynn Grows Bumper Crop In Costa Rica

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 …

October 24, 2016
Planting Season Officially Opens in Cuba

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.

October 12, 2016
Crop Report: Dominican Republic

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 …

January 29, 2016
A Passion For Seeds

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 …

September 1, 2015