For quota owners, this was an income source for them. And if they're wise - and a lot of them are - they're looking to invest this money so it continues to be an income source for them. |
It's more like the specialty vegetable crops than it's like growing a big commodity like corn or soybeans. |
With the buyout, it's now possible to grow tobacco anywhere and whatever kind you want to grow. When the companies found out they could not get the volume of burley they needed from states like Kentucky, they went elsewhere. They also are looking at Mississippi and Illinois and some other states. |
You hear people talking about everything from pastured poultry to goats to heirloom tomatoes to all kinds of things. But there's no silver bullet. |