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As the industry matured, it was found that the conditions were prime in Connecticut for growing high-quality cigar wrapper leaf tobacco, which set the product apart from tobacco grown in the rest of the country. Connecticut growers developed a leaf so smooth and so golden that it ultimately dominated the market for tobacco leaves used as the final wrap in the hand-rolled cigar making process, to the point that Cigar Aficionado magazine referred to Connecticut leaves as “one of the best tasting and looking wrappers available.”

Jarmoc Farms in Enfield, Conn., is one of the oldest and largest continuously operating tobacco farms in the state. It also happens to have a growing fleet of John Deere construction equipment that it uses for the farm operation.

Steve Jarmoc and his son, Owen, are the third- and fourthgeneration owners of Jarmoc Farms, which was originally started in the early 1900s by Steve’s grandfather, Stanley Jarmoc, who emigrated from Poland and initially found work as a farmhand.As a part of his job, he bought supplies at a local farm supply store and one day the owner asked him if he would be interested in owning his own farm. That led to Stanley receiving a $3,400 loan to buy 40 acres of farmland, which is now the family’s Home Farm.

Today the Jarmoc’s are cultivating approximately 1,000 acres of farmland in and around the Enfield, Conn., area. Over the past several decades, the demand for fine cigars has been very strong and has led to a continual growth curve for the Jarmoc family.

This type of agriculture is particularly labor-intensive. Each seed is planted in a tray and grown to seedling size in a greenhouse. Then, the seedlings by the millions are transplanted to the fields.

When the plants reach about 3-ft. tall, the top flowers are broken off by hand, forcing the plant to broaden to approximately 3-ft. wide and to develop thick leaves, about a dozen per plant. When growing conditions are ideal, the plant will grow by as much as 1 in. per evening.

When the plants have matured, they are choppeddownoneatatimewithahatchet and are hung upside down in open-sided wooden barns approximately 30-ft. by 300-ft. in size for curing.

The process is incredibly labor-intensive, and to complete the process Jarmoc Farms houses well over 100 migrant workers.

Steve’s son, Owen, the new generational leader of Jarmoc Farms, has been bringing the family business into a period of accelerated growth with the acquisition of significant amount of additional property, along with major construction projects to make sure that the infrastructure of the acquired properties can adequately support the tobacco crop. He also has put a heavy emphasis on updating the company’s extensive inventory of agricultural equipment.

To accomplish all of the above, Owen, along with Matt Murkowicz, the farm’s construction superintendent, have tackled several different categories of construction projects over the past few years.

The Jarmoc family knows the value of keeping their equipment well-maintained and in good working order. Their acreage is spread over a significant geographical area and each tobacco plant must be transported to the tobacco barns. There is equipment needed for the planting process, cultivating, spraying, the list goes on.The end result is a very large inventory of agricultural equipment. They also keep several airplanes for crop monitoring.

To properly house all of the aforementioned equipment, three major equipment buildings with large concrete aprons have been constructed.

Maintaining the ideal moisture content of the soil for proper tobacco growth is critical.As Steve and Owen have acquired more property, significant drainage projects have been tackled along with the construction of required drainage ponds.

For every 8 acres of expanded productionatleastonenewtobaccobarnneedsto be built. Each of these barns are constructed from the same materials, in the same design, that they were built 100 years ago. With the farm growing by hundreds of acres, quite a number of barns have been built or are currently under plans to be built.

“With the number of projects that we were looking at, it just made sense to start investing in our own heavy equipment and tackling as many of these projects on see JARMOC page 110

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