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Most of this hemp was grown in the region. In September 1899, for example, the mills purchased more than 100,000-pounds from Woodford County farmers. Four months later, it bought 130,000 pounds from one Jessamine County grower. That year it sold 25,000 pounds of twine in Ohio, Missouri,...
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citing Kentucky’s long and successful history as a hemp-producing state prior to its prohibition in 1937. He found allies in nooks and crannies not often touched by politics, from elderly farmers whose families had successfully grown hemp in the early part of the 20th century to enterprising...
Dean Williams, an agronomy professor at the University of Kentucky, said that the crop is making a strong comeback particularly in Kentucky, where farmers used to grow the plant extensively. “The cannabinoids are by far the largest sector in the [hemp] industry, making up 93% of the acreag...
After the Civil War, Kentucky saw big changes economically. It had traditionally been a producer of hemp; however, tobacco production became a major driver of its economy. Although the war had ended, violent feuds took place, particularly in the mountains among clans and Kentucky developed a rep...
LEXINGTON -- Ken- tucky's second hemp crop in decades is ex- pected to surpass 1,700 acres, up from about three dozen acres a year ago, as the versatile crop's comeback starts to attract interest from processors looking to turn it into products, state agriculture officials said Tuesday....
“By doing this, we could see as much as $100 million annually in new tax revenue, money that could make a real and lasting difference. Many Kentuckians would also be helped by having their criminal record expunged, while farmers would have a new crop rivaling what tobacco was for many de...