State’s Expected Tobacco Acreage At Five-Year High (225)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee tobacco farmers plan to increase acreage 13 percent in 1998, a University of Tennessee tobacco specialist said Monday. Dr. Don Fowlkes said strong demand and uncertainty about the future of tobacco has Tennessee tobacco farmers set to plant 53,000 acres, up 13 percent from last year and the most since 61,000