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Jump to full article: WNCT Channel 9 CBS (Greenville, NC), 2008-08-10
Author: Andrew Doud Reporter
Intro: "With fuel prices and high fertilizer prices and weather conditions and the drought, it's been kind of a tough year," said Stilley.
He says they are just starting to harvest their first tobacco crop and admits, "I think the tobacco crop is going to be a little short this year with the drought." The cost of fuel just to dry it will be around $125,000
He will take the final product and try to sell to a company this week but what he thinks is a fair price they might not and it all adds to the uncertainty.
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