'I did not drink urine for all those years to sell my tobacco for a dollar'

The slump in prices at the tobacco auction floors persist despite a marked increase in tobacco deliveries, with calls for farmer education on quality control as market forces have shifted.


Some growers are still contesting auction prices of below US$1 per kg at the floors, which are being attributed to poor quality of tobacco as the farmers are still selling priming despite them being of inferior quality on the international market.