TOBACCO : NEW MARKETS, OLD TRADITIONS: 14_0_344_1web_rh20

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)

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)