With soybean harvest approaching the halfway mark, farmers remain on schedule with last year and slightly ahead of the five-year average. Tobacco farmers are enjoying great weather for stripping the crop. Under this declaration, SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to farm-related and non-farm-related small businesses and small agricultural cooperatives that suffered financial losses as a direct result of the drought. However, most field activities are still ahead of,...

He began working in tobacco when he was 20-years-old in his native Mexico where he will return shortly now that the tobacco harvesting season has ended here. While there are no precise figures on the number of people suffering from GTS, one study conducted on migrant workers in North Carolina suggests that 41 percent of tobacco handlers get the illness at least once during the harvest season. Thousands of tobacco workers fall victim to the illness each year. The symptoms include nausea,...

The incentives packages that North Carolina government officials offer to companies will come under scrutiny over the next year by a legislative study commission. From my vantage point, I think we just need to bring everything out in the open and take a good long look at what we re doing, why we re doing it and what we hope to accomplish, said Sen. That would include tax credits awarded to companies, worker training at community colleges, the university system, the N. We re going to listen...

Albert continued to sell food, but he wasn't making enough income so he started selling cigars and tobacco wholesale. Thomas retired in December of 2002 after 51 years of working in the candy shop and closed the store since he and his wife Miriam had no children to hand it down to. Eventually, he got rid of the restaurant entirely and just sold tobacco products and candy. In 1919, he discontinued the saloon and restaurant but continued the other business. The antique bar with a solid...

That was a stinging slap at Democratic leaders who tried to pass a referendum after they had failed to muster the votes in the Oregon legislature for the tax increase. If any state would be willing to increase tobacco taxes to fund more government-sponsored health insurance coverage for kids, you'd think it would be the crunchy-granola state of Oregon. This comes under the FamilyCare program, which covers doctor visits, dental care, hospital care and more for parents who live with children...

The combination of the rain last week, which measured 7.26 inches from Monday through Friday in Bowling Green, and the increased release of water from Barren River Lake prompted the move, according to Miles McDaniel, spokesman for Bowling Green Municipal Utilities. The combination of the rain last week, which measured 7.26 inches from Monday through Friday in Bowling Green, and the increased release of water from Barren River Lake prompted the move, according to Miles McDaniel, spokesman...