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08/02/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Instead of paying farmers subsidies to grow unprofitable crops, wouldn’t it make more sense to legalize hemp agriculture and unleash billions in profit potential?

President Donald Trump recently announced that a multi-billion dollar financial aid plan for farmers would soon be coming down the pike. The subsidies for farmers are intended to help farmers who’ve been hit hard by new, retaliatory tariffs. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says the three-part, $12 billion plan will help ensure that farmers and ranchers aren’t […]

06/30/2018 / By Mike Adams

Under Republican majority, U.S. Senate votes to LEGALIZE hemp farming across the nation

One of the key goals of Republicans is to limit government, end absurd regulations and set farmers free to generate economic abundance across the nation. In a stunning move led by U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), the United States Senate has now passed legislation that ends hemp prohibition and would allow farmers across […]

11/23/2016 / By hempscience

First Virginia Hemp Crop Harvested in Decades

After a 70-year-long ban against the resourceful hemp plant, Virginia’s first hemp harvest is now a reality. Article by Allie Becket Hemp has a long, entwined history in Virginia; “People think it was tobacco that started this colony, but it was also hemp,” Jason Amatucci, founder and executive director of the Virginia Industrial Hemp Coalition explained […]

10/17/2016 / By hempscience

State expects hemp program to grow

Kentucky’s industrial hemp research pilot program heads into its fourth growing season with expectations that it will continue to expand. Article by Charles Mason Applications are being accepted through Nov. 14 by the state Department of Agriculture. But farmers should note that there are some new fees for participants, including a first-time $350 fee per growing […]

10/13/2016 / By hempscience

Zoning Permit Approved for North Carolina’s First Hemp Food Processing Plant

It was a huge victory for the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Association. On October 6, 2016, city officials of Asheboro, North Carolina, approved a zoning permit for the first hemp food processing plant in North Carolina. The ruling that was passed on September 28, 2015, allowing industrial hemp to be grown in the state was […]

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