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Tobacco Wars

All Episodes 2014

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  • 2014-04-19T04:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 2h (2 episodes)
  • United States
Adairville, Ky., is home to the high-stakes world of Kentucky's dark fire industry. Fourth and fifth generation tobacco men compete to survive by any means necessary -- gambling all, not just on their notoriously precarious crop, but on the wild wagers that are a fundamental part of their way of life. It's a risky business, but when you're a Kentucky tobacco man, your whole life's a gamble. Dark fire tobacco, named after the perilous barn fire drying process, is used in cigars and chewing tobacco (not cigarettes). Competition to produce this most perilous, but lucrative crop (valued at approximately $3,000 per acre annually), is fierce. The farmers of Tobacco Wars are country proud and love their lives to the fullest, knowing no other way to live life. They work hard and play even harder, a living embodiment of the old saying "eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we may die." It's the highest stakes anyone could imagine. Their farms, their lives and their family names are on the line each and every year.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-04-19T04:00:00Z

1x01 Planting Season

Series Premiere

1x01 Planting Season

  • 2014-04-19T04:00:00Z1h

Planting season for America's oldest and richest cash crop, dark fire tobacco, is under way in Adairville. The Gainous farm welcomes home college student Zeke, but will he be up to snuff working the farm after spending so much time away at school? Over on the Law farm, Mark Law does battle with his two best workers -- his daughters -- who just can't seem to get to work on time.

2014-04-26T04:00:00Z

1x02 Light My Fire

1x02 Light My Fire

  • 2014-04-26T04:00:00Z1h

It's the most dangerous time of dark fire tobacco season -- lighting fires inside the barns to smoke cure the tobacco. Everything appears to be going well for the Gainous farm until Scott receives an emergency call. Meanwhile on the Law farm, it's Hope's birthday, and she wants her dad to throw a big bash and pig roast, but they'll have to get creative in order to pay for it.

1x03 Harvest Hoedown

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Halfway through the season, the farms get a brief moment of quiet, so Scott and Nick decide to throw a big party. But when they trek into the woods to secure some moonshine from a secret location, they stumble upon some trouble. Meanwhile Nick's sister Jess attempts to give their father Bud -- a former crop duster who hasn't flown in decades -- the gift of flying, but will it take off?

The Gainous and Law farms take part in a tobacco-cutting contest. Meanwhile, Randy dives into an old well to hunt for abandoned treasures; and the tobacco farmers of Adairville help a struggling neighbor.

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