Agricultural Practices

Through the Tobacco Leaders Program, PM USA and USSTC support growers innovating to lower production costs and promote sustainable agriculture. The companies also support pilot programs and research in tobacco-growing regions such as:
 

• Farming mechanization/production innovation – developing equipment to reduce growers' production costs and their need for hand labor;
• Tobacco curing efficiency – developing new curing methods that reduce the growers' cost of production and reduce negative environmental impact;
• Seed variety of research – developing new tobacco seed varieties to promote sustainable agriculture;
• Contracting models – developing new tobacco-buying contracts that address grower sustainability issues such as a term of a contract, volume, and on-farm infrastructure;
• Universities & agricultural extension programs – educating tobacco growers about safety and crop management; and
• Educational scholarships – supporting tobacco grower families as an investment in the future of tobacco production.

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