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North Carolina is also home to about 3,000 tobacco farms.
According to NC Dept of Agriculture:
"Tobacco has historically been the major cash crop in North Carolina and remains one of the state's most predominant farm commodities. North Carolina produces almost three-quarters of the flue-cured tobacco grown in the United States. In 1939, the State harvested the record high number of acres of 851,000 acres.
Tobacco remains one of North Carolina's most profitable crops and a substantial contributor to the value of farm production"
(Source: www.ncagr.gov/stats/general/commodities.htm)
In addition:
Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee are also great producers of Tobacco.
Countries
China is the largest producer and consumer of tobacco in the world producing about 39% of the World's supply. (followed by Brazil, India and then the US- The US produces %6 of the world's supply of tobacco)
What else can I help you with?
What colony was a big producer of tobacco and pine?
North Carolina was a major producer of tobacco and pine.
Which state was the major producer of tobacco?
Virginia
Big producer of tobacco and pine tar for ship building?
North Carolina is a major producer of tobacco and pine tar.
What was the major tobacco producer?
John Rolfe tobbaco V.A.
Major producer tobacco?
The worlds largest tobacco industry is in china with 1.1billion people consuming tobbaco a day
What is the major agricultural producer in the United states?
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What role did tobacco play in virginias early colonial period?
It was a major producer in exchange and export.
What crop became the basis of the Jamestown economy?
The State of Virginia where Jamestown is located became the major producer of Tobacco.
Who is a major tobacco growing states in India?
Andhra pradesh
Which country Produces Tobacco?
The world's major producers of Tobacco includes Malawi, Zimbabwe, Turkey, the United States, Brazil, India and China. The world's major producers of tobacco account for 80 percent of the world's tobacco.
What was the major crop of southern states?
tobacco, rice, and Indigo Dye.
In which U.S. state was tobacco first grown?
Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Missouri all grow tobacco as either a major or regional producer in the USA.
