SMOKE OUT.

AuthorMildenberg, David
PositionSTATEWIDE: East

The descent of North Carolina's once-powerful tobacco industry is evident in Farmville, where Pyxus International said it would lay off about 565 workers at a leaf-processing plant. Production will move to Wilson, where the company has a newer facility that prepares tobacco leaf for sale to manufacturers of cigarettes and other products. A small contingent of Pyxus workers will remain in Farmville working on special projects and storage, the company said.

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Farmville jobs are seasonal. tobacco's history in Farmville--a town of 4,500 about 8 miles east of Greenville --makes the downsizing particularly poignant. Albert Coy Monk started brokering tobacco in Farmville in 1907, creating one of the world's largest...

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