DANVILLE, Ky. >> Tripp Foy’s sing-song chant rang out like a sentimental oldie for die-hard farmers clinging to the old way of selling tobacco, as a small procession of buyers shadowed him down long ...

WILSON, N.C. -- The procession snakes its way around the burlap-wrapped piles of tobacco like some giant, many-headed caterpillar. Auctioneer Walter Wilkerson, echoing a chant perfected during the ...

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