Some tobacco farmers say the push for a safer cigarette may be behind an unintended side-effect to this year’s harvest: an alarming increase in curing barn fires. Tobacco farmer Roger Oxendine rests ...

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In tobacco production, curing the crop once it is harvested is an essential step towards making the harvested commodity ready for the market. The most common methods for curing tobacco are by air, ...