Tobacco

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Tobacco
---farm to warehouse
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Bright leaf tobacco in the field
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Mature tobacco leaves
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Hand picking tobacco harvesting operation
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Harvesting tobacco begins at the bottom of the
stalk
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Loading tobacco leaves into container bin
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Arranging tobacco leaves in container bin
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Hand picking tobacco leaves from the bottom stalk
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This hand picking operation requires 7
workers---a tractor driver, 6 pickers, and a
container bin loader.
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Hand picking system leaving the field with a
container bin load of tobacco
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Container bin ready to be hauled to flue-curing
process.
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Hauling container bin to flue-curing process at
farm.
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Mechanically harvesting tobacco leaves
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Harvester travels up the rows picking leaves at
the bottom.
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Later, harvester will travel up the rows picking
the next level of leaves until all the leaves are
collected, including the top of the crop.
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Tobacco leaves collected in harvester.
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Loading tobacco into flue-cure barn.
Loading cured tobacco leaves into baler.
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Unloading cured tobacco leaves from flue-cure
bin.
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Flue-cured tobacco leaves.
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Loading cured tobacco leaves into baler.
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At one time, all tobacco was auctioned in piles
on the warehouse floor.
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Loading cured tobacco leaves into baler.
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Most of the tobacco today is baled and sold on
contract directly from the grower to the
manufacturing company.
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Loading cured tobacco leaves into baler.
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Tobacco is now sold in bales even in the
warehouse.
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Loading cured tobacco leaves into baler.
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The auction is led by the auctioneer followed by
the warehouseman, buyers, etc.
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Tobacco is now sold in bales.
Each bale of tobacco is marked with buyer and
price sold.
Loading cured tobacco leaves into baler.
Tobacco is auctioned electronically with
hand-held computers.
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Tobacco is auctioned electronically with
hand-held computers.
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Tobacco is now sold in bales.
Each bale of tobacco is marked with buyer and
price sold.
Loading cured tobacco leaves into baler.
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Each bale of tobacco is marked with buyer and
price sold.
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Tobacco is now sold in bales.
Loading cured tobacco leaves into baler.