Jan 07, 2014 U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Tuesday that tobacco growers who receive payments through the U.S. Department of Agriculture s Tobacco.
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Signing up for the Tobacco Transition Payment Program Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky commonly referred to as the Tobacco Buyout.
Kentucky Tobacco: 10 years after the buyout You have to take the good years with the bad years.
Tucked in the southeast corner of Jefferson County along Routt Road, Calvin Shake looks like a man with a long way to go, a storm on the horizon and a deadline past due. "You can't hang it when it's wet so we've got to get as much done as we can today," Shake, 59, stout in build and a shuffle in his step, says as he climbs in and shuts the door to his pickup. For many tobacco farmers around the state, the door on tobacco shut 10 years ago.
Final year of federal tobacco buyout payments will come in full to tobacco farmers and not subject to federal sequestration.
Sep 28, 2014 With the end of tobacco buyout checks looming, Kentucky farmers have had to make changes. By Janet Patton. University of Kentucky tobacco.
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Contains Buyout for Kentucky Farmers That Governor Fletcher Strongly Pushed for While in Congress Frankfort, KY: Today, Governor Ernie Fletcher stated his appreciation to his former colleagues in the U.S. Congress for moving forward on H.R. 4520, which includes a $10.1 billion buyout of the tobacco industry. The bill passed through the U.S. House of Representatives last week on a 280-141 vote, and today in the U.S. Senate on a vote of 69-17.
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Commonwealth of Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher s Communications Office: Tobacco Buyout Bill Strongly Pushed by Governor Fletcher Passes in U.S. Congress.
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