I live on one of those tobacco farms right on the Tennessee side of the Tennessee Kentucky border. And yes, dark fire tobacco is a way of life here. Our barn is maybe a half mile away and the way the wind blows in the morning you get that sweet smoky signature camp fire smell as you wake up. It is incredible.

I had no idea that tobacco farming was so scientific and ecology conscious. Amazing work.

*narrator:* "the highly skilled workers will gently lay the plant down" *dude with the axe:* _hacks the shit out of the plant and tosses it on the ground_

This was a cool video. It's nice to see a great American tradition being kept up, even if there are many new-age changes to the process. The only thing I wish I could un-see was that chemical sucker-control spraying scene. At any rate, I have a lot of respect for the farmers who still make an honest living the old fashioned way.

I use Stokers moist snuff everyday. This makes me appreciate what goes into making the product even more.

I do absolutely love tobacco!!! I've consumed it in every form. I use nasal snuff nowadays, but I still enjoy a can of Copenhagen snuff now and again. Thank you, tobacco farmers! You guys are my heroes.

This is the best stuff to have in a pipe. It's so good.

I used to live in hopkinsville Kentucky. You could smell those tobacco barns forever!

Wow! Look at all my people doing all the hard labor work! Proud to see that such a valuable and recognizied product of the south (Kentucky) runs on the back of labor workers.

Moist snuff and pipe tobacco, certain ryo products like Drum Halfzware, and European style dry cured cigars like the Toscana from Italy. Dark Fired, and Dark Air Cured tobaccos are also grown in Italy, and several African countries like Malawi. This style leaf also gave the old French cigarettes like Gauloises and Gitanes their deep rich flavor. Dark tobaccos and Perique from Louisiana are the truffles of North American tobaccos, when used as a seasoning to matured Virginia. Those tobaccos age like red wine

I tried a fire cured cigar and really liked it. It had smokey and meaty notes that made it very interesting. Reminded me of a peppery smoked jerky.

I remember back in the day when the old dark leaf was fired till it was nearly black.

I didn't realize how much work goes into tabacco production!

I'm an amateur tobacco grower on the northwest coast. Great knowledge coming from the pros!

Being an Avanti cigar fan, this was great to watch! Thanks for posting.

8:52 firing the tobacco less would explain the differences between the older moist snuff products and today.

really informative! i love the smell and flavour of smoked kentucky tobacco

I work for the USDA in Lancaster Pa., I've never seen the fire-cured process, thanks!

Shame about the use of fungicides and chemicals... I'll grow my own without...

Beautiful craft. Thank you for sharing your skills.

Very informative video thanks

thank you for making the beautiful tobacco we enjoy

I grow some don't have all understanding but I get through but it was fascinating to see this production I wish we had that quality and know how mechanism for the product, THANKS

I enjoy Skoal LC Mint, always have, always will!! I had no idea that so much work went into it, WOW!!!!

I really enjoyed this. I was trying to find a video on how latakia is produced, but I saw this one pop up and had to check it out. Boy, a lot of hard work involved in the dark fired Kentucky business. I wonder if it's been getting harder for these farm operators to find enough laborers willing to do this job. I would imagine that it has.

The video I was looking for

Solo recuerdos quedan Yo trabajé por 6 años en Hopkinsville en el rancho de Garnett farms que recuerdos

I learn alot thanks very much

Love this tobacco in my cigars. Gives them a unique taste.

thumbs up on the low tillage.

Thanks

Interesting, I smoke cigars but never tried the ones made here that are fire cured. I bought a package to see if i like them. not sure yet. Half way through my first parody which is a denobli. has bit of woodie and sweet taste. I'm kind of understanding the process.

2:15 am and smoking a big bowl of Gawith Hoggarth Kendall Kentucky. Life is good at 2:15 am.

Grow industrial hemp as a cover crop the benefits are amazing for agriculture and the environment.

Good info it takes lots of work to do this just would like to see restaurant and hotels have smoking section than taking it out

Tabacca'

Kentucky pipe tobacco is powerful good.😊

good

Back in the day we stripped by hand three grades and cutting and housing was a back breaking job. We didn't bale either!

Is field wilting necessary if I plan on growing Burleys? Or is that just with dark fire cure?

Thanks for the Copenhagen 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

What time of year is best for seeing tobacco harvest in Kentucky or Tennessee? Are there tobacco tours?

Awesome, video...go wildcats

accent of this bois is exceptionally thicc. love it

Smmmmmokin'!

My great great grand father would of loved to have this high tech equipment!

Chewing grizzly dark now

My favorite noise is 3:57

Interesting and informative. Doesn't the same Tobacco growing region go down into upper Tennessee ??? Isn't it used in more ways than moist snuff ???

Minimike Bloomberg says y'all don't know what you're doing because you don't have enough 'gray matter'. give him a call and talk about that

Im looking for growing and curing methods that actually restrict nicotine formation in the leaves, but still maximize leaf size and tensile strength of the leaf material. Any help from an expert?

moist snuff

Say what you will, this is an incredible science... no, art form.

Like chinampas. Nice nice nice

Send some to guyana

Is it not possible to get organic chewing/dipping tobacco?

Nicotiana tabacum

Man, I love that dark-fired, moist, sugary BLACK GOODNESS! ❤

That's a whole lot of chemicals going on those plants.

Does all tobacco get smoked to cure it

Pesticides, chemicals, chemicals, chemicals. Hardly a health imparting process. The simple solution is to reduce the yield to improve quality. Increasing the cost of production is a drop in the ocean compared to end consumer costs.

Duhbacuh

After watching videos of cigar plantations in nicaragua, dominican republic, etc, the end product looks actually pretty gross in this video.

"Sucker control "chemical" like what? ?? 😆😆😆

Yeah pvc system....and so you get plastics in your body already😢

A guy was saying that they don’t want too much of a chemical from burning the fires under the tobacco because it is a carcinogen. Do they consider tobacco to be a carcinogen?

thats a lot of chemicals and fungicides on something that you ingest in your lungs

Great video.😊

Can I do this with out giving that BBQ smell?

How's tobacco gonna get a job now?!?!??!

All that effort just for it to be turned into kayak 🤮

"plastic is totally clean" microplastics would like to have a word with you

So how many years have they got to do that to sound like a real hillybilly?

dirtiest tobacco ive ever seen

Nice

All dudes are Cubans

Putrid

very chemical

Fuck the environmental shit just get it done fast and efficient

i sure wouldn't want to smoke plants that have been chemically treated all along the way. pass.