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Industry experts say the decline of what was once one of Kentucky farms’ top crops coincides with shifts in tobacco consumption habits and to the long tail effect of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act signed into law by former President George W. Bush 20 years ago this month.

Good weather and bumper corn crops for the last two years have generated a surplus of corn and, in turn, lower prices for area farmers. Susan Fox, Lyon…

It could be next year before Kentucky agriculture officials will know how much drought affected state agritourism. Visits and tours of working farms peak…