What happened to Kentucky farms after guaranteed tobacco prices ended?
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What happened to Kentucky farms after guaranteed tobacco prices ended?

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What happened to Kentucky farms after guaranteed tobacco prices ended? BURRIS: Seay also grows corn and soybeans on his farm outside of Hopkinsville, but he says his farm saw diminishing returns from what was once Kentucky's top cash crop. BURRIS: Snell says tobacco was no longer the cash crop it had been in Kentucky since the 1930s when most farms grew some tobacco. BURRIS: Lowe still sees a future for tobacco, even as the crop has been declining for 20 years throughout Kentucky.

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