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Agriculture
Through the years, the hallmark of Haywood County
agriculture has always been burley tobacco, a crop
that does well in the cooler mountain climate and is
essential to cigarette-makers since it is much
slower burning than the flue-cured tobacco grown in
warmer climates.
Changes in federal policy regarding tobacco
production are forcing many long-time tobacco
farmers to reconsider their options.
Many are choosing to grow herb,
vegetable and nursery crops. Statewide, revenues
generated from greenhouses and nurseries, also
called the ornamental industry, surpass that of all
other crops. The ornamental industry now ranks third
in the state.
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