National Hemp Association

1 day ago

"With interest in a hemp pilot program booming and the potential for full legalization on the horizon, more than 100 people, many of them farmers, gathered Tuesday to learn about what some see as the commonwealth’s next cash crop.

Organized by the Organic Association of Kentucky, the event drew the crowd to Kentucky State University’s Harold R. Benson Farm, where the school has been growing and researching hemp as a participant in the state’s pilot program, created following passage of the 2014 federal Farm Bill.

In the hemp pilot program’s first year, fewer than two dozen farmers, processors, handlers or colleges across the commonwealth received approval to grow the crop. Now, there are hundreds of participants and a majority of Kentucky counties contain a licensed grower or processor."

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Farmers flock to KSU farm to learn about hemp - The State Journal

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With interest in a hemp pilot program booming and the potential for full legalization on the horizon, more than 100 people, many of them farmers, gathered Tuesday to learn about what some see as the commonwealth’s next cash crop. Organized by the Organic Association of Kentucky, the event drew the...

National Hemp Association

2 days ago

"The Hemp Bill which is attached to this year’s farm bill looks like it has a good chance of becoming law. The measure would remove hemp from the Controlled Substance Act and allow for its cultivation throughout the United States. It would also make hemp farmers eligible for federally subsidized crop insurance.

To gain a little insight into hemp farming, we spoke with Katherine Desmond, an independent hemp farmer in Vermont who has been growing the crop for the past couple years, about her experiences with that state’s pilot program."

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Exclusive: Independent hemp farmer Katherine Desmond on Vermont’s pilot program

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The Hemp Bill which is attached to this year’s farm bill looks like it has a good chance of becoming law. The measure would remove hemp from the Controlled Substance Act and allow for its cultivation throughout the United States. It would also make hemp farmers eligible for federally subsidized cr...

National Hemp Association

2 days ago

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Kansas Is the Latest State to Jump in the $3 Billion Hemp Revolution

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The hemp industry was worth $700 million in 2017, and Kansas wants in. That's because hemp sales could reach $3 billion in just a few short years. Here's how soon it could happen...

National Hemp Association

4 days ago

"Congress could soon authorize the growing of hemp nationwide, but Alex White Plume isn’t waiting.

The Manderson man signed a deal last year to sell his hemp to a Colorado company, and he grew his second crop for the company this summer.

For White Plume, a Native American who lives on the Pine Ridge Reservation, it’s the culmination of a more than two-decade struggle to grow hemp as a cash crop.

“I’m just envious of all my friends who started with me 23 years ago, including many who are millionaires now,” White Plume said, referring to other hemp growers around the United States. “Now I’m finally not standing on the sidelines anymore. I can participate and try to catch up with them.”

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Company features hemp from Pine Ridge

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Congress could soon authorize the growing of hemp nationwide, but Alex White Plume isn’t waiting.

National Hemp Association

5 days ago

"Roberts asked Toomey why he voted against the federal farm bill and wanted an update on Congress's attempts to decriminalize industrial hemp. Pennsylvania started a hemp pilot program in 2017.

Roberts' farm is one of those approved to grow up to 5 acres of the plant for research purposes. However, the plant (a relative of marijuana that doesn't produce a high) still remains on the federal Schedule 1 narcotics list alongside cocaine, heroin and other drugs.

Toomey said he voted no because he wanted work requirements for food assistance programs and to open U.S. sugar markets to foreign producers. He seemed to indicate industrial hemp decriminalization has a good shot of staying in the farm bill. He agreed removing it from Schedule 1 made sense.

"I think it's going to pass," Toomey said. He noted that Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) had sponsored the industrial hemp provisions in the farm bill so it's unlikely it will be taken out when the farm bill hits a final version. Kentucky also has a re-emerging hemp industry and is several years ahead of Pennsylvania.

If not, there could be a separate bill on industrial hemp that works its way through Congress.

"It could be a really important bill to Pennsylvania agriculture," Pluta said.""

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Sen. Toomey talks trade, farm issues in local visit

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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey visited New Bloomfield on Sept. 7 to discuss various issues with local officials, including trade and the federal farm bill.