ABSTRACT
Tobacco and peanuts are frequently linked in policy discussions: They are grown in the South; they have been labor intensive; production units have been small in land area relative to most field crops; and they are localized crops with a considerable history of quota and allotment systems and apparent producer power in Congress. However, there are major policy and production differences as well. Consequently, we will handle the two crops separately, putting most of our emphasis on tobacco because it is economically more important and because the potential for, and impact of, policy changes are much greater.
