Tobacco acreage to be lowest since 1874

Tuesday, July 1, 2003

WASHINGTON -- It was the nation's first export and the collateral for financing the American Revolution. But with lawsuits, less smoking, import competition and a soon-to-be dismantled system of government controls, farmers are planting the smallest tobacco crop this year since Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was president.

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