Randall Hill - Photojournalist

TOBACCO : NEW MARKETS, OLD TRADITIONS

  • Lester {quote}Buddy{quote} Stroud, a farm hand at Shelley Farms, walks through a field of tobacco ready to be harvested in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Third generation farmer Johnny Shelley watches over workers as they send harvested tobacco through a series of conveyor belts at Shelly Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farm hand Harry Dingles, 66, bundles cured tobacco at Shelly Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. Dingles has worked at the farm his entire adult life and grew up with the farm's owner Johnny Shelley. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • A day before the markets open, workers prepare the Big L Warehouse for opening in Mullins, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The warehouse is co-owned by Shelly but leased to the US Tobacco Cooperative during harvest. The cooperative sets the standard for pricing and quality of the farmer's crop. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Fourth generation farmer Cam Shelly works to repair a tobacco harvester at Shelly Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Flue-cured tobacco is stored for market at Shelly Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Warehouse worker David Montgomery sweeps tobacco from the floor at Big L Warehouse in Mullins, South Carolina July 29, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 29, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Workers store harvested tobacco in bulk barns that dry the crop before it is taken to market at Shelly Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. It takes 7 days in the propane barns to prepare the crop for market. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Lester {quote}Buddy{quote} Stroud, a farm hand at Shelley Farms, operates a tobacco harvester at Shelley Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Adam Armenta (foreground) and other workers bundle flue-cured tobacco at Shelly Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Lester {quote}Buddy{quote} Stroud, a farm hand at Shelley Farms, watches as harvested tobacco is loaded on a transporter in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • A day before the markets open, tobacco farmer Pressley Johnson (left) and warehouse manager Elton Johnson talk by a bundle of tobacco at the Big L Warehouse in Mullins, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The warehouse is co-owned by farmer Johnny Shelly but leased to the US Tobacco Cooperative during harvest. The cooperative sets the standard for pricing and quality of the farmer's crop. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farm hand Benigno Hernandez Sanchez watches as tobacco is transported to a tobacco box at Shelly Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farmer Shelley Johnson of Aynor, South Carolina watches as his tobacco is weighed and checked for moisture content at the Big L Warehouse in Mullins, South Carolina July 29, 2013. The cooperative US Tobacco sets the standard for pricing and quality of area farmer's crop at this warehouse. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 29, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • US Tobacco graders Jimmy Allen (third from left) and Scott Harrington, discuss a tobacco grade with warehouse manager Elton Johnson at the Big L Warehouse in Mullins, South Carolina July 29, 2013. The farm cooperative US Tobacco sets the standard for pricing and quality of the area farmer's crops at this warehouse. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 29, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Lester {quote}Buddy{quote} Stroud, a farm hand at Shelley Farms, looks over a field of tobacco as his crew prepares the harvesting equipment in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Workers take a break the day before tobacco markets open at the Big L Warehouse in Mullins, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The warehouse is co-owned by farmer Johnny Shelly but leased to the US Tobacco Cooperative during harvest. The cooperative sets the standard for pricing and quality of the farmer's crop. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farm hands Jim Stroud (left) and James Bessent, work together to repair a tobacco harvester at Shelley Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farm hand Manuel Lopes takes a smoke break at Shelly Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • Farm hand Jim Stroud works to free a jammed tobacco harvester at Shelley Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
  • A bottom leaf of tobacco lays on a sandy road at a field maintained by Shelley Farms in the Pleasant View community of Horry County, South Carolina July 26, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)
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