Frankfort, Ky. – The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) has approved 209 applications from growers who have been approved to cultivate up to 12,800 acres of industrial hemp for research purposes in 2017, nearly tripling the number of acres that were approved for 2016. More than 525,000 square feet of greenhouse space were approved for […]
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Farmers Ask For 1,300 Acres Of Hemp
Hemp could be growing on more than 1,000 acres of Colorado farmland later this year — among the first legal grows since the 1950s. The state registration period to grow hemp — legalized along with recreational marijuana through Amendment 64 closed Thursday. Farmers applied to grow hemp on 1,273 acres. Not all applications have been […]