Candon City, being an agriculture based city, puts much premium on its farm outputs.

Its agricultural gains mean a lot to the growth of the city economically and its people.

The rebounding of the tobacco industry, the city’s chief cash crop, is welcome development to the tobacco growers and to the city as a whole.

Candon City is the country’s biggest producer of Virginia tobacco with more than three million kilos output annually.

It affects about one thousand farmers directly involved in the industry.

The city is well compensated by the tobacco industry.

With tobacco industry rebounding, the tobacco growers are the biggest gainers.

Their gains are budgeted for their year round needs including the education of their children.

Over-all, the tobacco growers and the whole people of Candon as beneficiaries because of the tobacco excise tax ( R.A. 7171).

The city government received at least P15 million annual city share from RA 7171.

The funds are budgeted for the benefits of the tobacco growers and the other farmers in the city as a whole.

The assistance is usually in farm inputs like fertilizers, farm equipments, and infrastructure needs.

Generally, the recovery of the tobacco industry pumps up the city economically.

A needed breather because of the ongoing global crisis that is whipping the whole country.

This productive tobacco season also assured positive and bright outlook for this year for the whole city.