TOBACCO : NEW MARKETS, OLD TRADITIONS: 6_0_336_1web_rh06

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)

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)