By 1903, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture wrote that the mill “is an old-fashioned and highly prosperous factory, using annually many thousand pounds of hemp in the manufacture of the higher grades of binder and commercial twine.” The most famous employee from this period was artist Paul...
Today I was honored to be a part of the first legal planting of hemp seed in Christian County Kentucky in over 60 years! We jumped through the hoops. We fought long and hard against all odds, and finally succeeded in planting Industrial Hemp for a KY Agriculture Department pilot program!
It highlights the comments of Trey Riddle, chief executive officer (CEO) of natural fiber solutions maker for composite manufacturing industry Sunstrand on the same. It highlights the approval of 121 applications for hemp pilot projects by Kentucky Department of Agriculture....
Tobacco settlement funds.Senate Bill 3will move the organization that decides how to spend much of Kentucky’s share of the Tobacco Master Agreement settlement money from the governor’s office to the Department of Agriculture. To-go alcohol.Senate Bill 67will allow certain restaurants to sell alc...
The total value of all principal crops in 1908 was $92,-566,600. Kentucky produces nearly all the hemp grown in the United States; but the demand for this product has so far decreased that in 1900 only 14,107 acres were planted in the state. More tobacco is grown in Kentucky than m...
After the release of this statement, many incidents were reported where the Kentucky police raided the Delta 8 retail shops and vendors seized their products. As a result of all this, the Kentucky Hemp Association filed a lawsuit against the Police and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, stat...
In addition to the explosive hemp product sales, hemp processors from around the nation are also purchasing more raw hemp from Kentucky farmers — $18 million worth just last year — according to a state Agriculture Department review of hemp processor reports. Much of the hype has been attribute...
BFT plans to grow and invest in the operation, establishing LC as its flagship U.S. manufacturing site and opening new opportunities and markets for North American hemp and flax growers. “This acquisition is a key strategic milestone in our mission to build out significant manufacturing capacity...