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Tobacco Farming is a seven day a week, 365 day a year labor intensive job. The winter season is spent stripping tobacco and separating leaves by color grade.

Paul Moore, 56, rests his head on an empty planter at the end of the day. The average tobacco farmer is 66 years old; fewer young adults are choosing to continue growing such a labor-intensive crop

The Bradys, growing 40 acres of tobacco, makes them one of the larger producers in the state. At one time, he says, the largest individual tobacco producers farmed around 130 acres per year.

Lewis Brady, 69, lives on the same farm he grew up on in Anne Arundel County Maryland. Memories of helping out his father date back to when he was four-years old. As he finished cutting his 40 acre tobacco crop with his son, daughter in law and…

There was a time when neighbors used to know one another and a friendly wave was just a part of daily life, but much of the farm land in Southern Maryland has been bulldozed to create room for new homes. Pictured, Brothers Steve and Paul Moore draw…

Working into the evening, Joe Moore, an Arundel County tobacco farmer who farms with his father and Uncles, claims “Tobacco is in my blood”. 'It's a seven day a week, 365 day a year back breaking job, but the tradition still lives on in…

Paul Moore, 56, a Calvert County Maryland farmer, plants tobacco on the same land he once farmed with his father. He looks over a day’s work, planting 15 acres of tobacco this season with his brothers and nephew.

Hired help, Bubba Hensun, 68, takes a smoke break. Buyout money proved to be irresistable to farmers who had been having trouble finding affordable labor to work the crop.

After nearly three centuries of being the most profitable crop in the state of Maryland, tobacco production may soon die off entirely. The Maryland Tobacco Buyout is forcing multigeneration tobacco farmers to abandon their craft and passion, making…