[Wright is right!]

"The program would be restructured so that farmers who want to grow tobacco would have to apply for permits. No one could grow tobacco without a permit, which would keep quota holders from selling or leasing out their allotment. There would go the idea to grow your own tobacco."

You ALREADY have to have permission to grow "backy" commercially. Farmers in tobacco-growing states have a certain amount of acreage that they're allowed to grow the leaf on, and that's called their "base." You can only grow, under most circumstances, the base you have. I'm not in the industry, but if I recall kee-reckly, the base is expressed in poundage. If you sell the farm, the base goes to the buyer.

And there is no prohibition on growing tobacco for your own use. It's an awful lot of work, but if you want to and you can get the stuff to grow, knock yourself out.

Michael

[Just another Joe]

And there is no prohibition on growing tobacco for your own use.

There is not, AT PRESENT, any prohibition on growing tobacco for your own use.
Let them word this thing just right and watch. It WILL be against the law for ANYONE to grow tobacco without a permit.

[Sunshine Sister]

I had no idea that there were so many restrictions on growing a legal product. Is it this way for all farmers?

[TigersEye]

And there is no prohibition on growing tobacco for your own use. It's an awful lot of work, but if you want to and you can get the stuff to grow, knock yourself out.

Therein lies the problem, Joe. Unlike smokem dopem tobacco doesn't grow just anywhere and the work and care it takes to properly cure and process tobacco into a satisfying usable form is prohibitive to the average individual. They won't have to make it illegal to grow your own.

Looks to me like the gummint has yet a new angle to control and tax tobacco. Capone, Nitty & Kennedy Investment Corp. highly recommends shares in Black Market Tobacco Inc..

[Lion's Cub]

When I went to school, we used to call agriculture that was centrally managed by the state "communism". They've now changed the term to "progressive".

Who says we won the cold war? WE LOST!!!