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Hemp is very problematic.

Hemp farmers jumped the shark.



Hemp Farming Quadrupled In The U.S. This Year, New Report Shows
Tom Angell
Tom AngellContributor
Policy



The amount of land on which U.S. farmers are licensed to grow hemp has more than quadrupled this year. That's according to a report released on Thursday by advocacy group Vote Hemp.


Under the provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill, farmers have been able to grow crops for limited hemp research programs. But thanks to a new version of the large-scale agriculture legislation passed and signed into law late last year, the plant is now officially legal under federal law as long as farmers comply with state rules.

U.S. farmers have been licensed to grow 511,442 acres of marijuana's non-intoxicating cannabis cousin this year—a 455 percent increase over 2018 levels—according to Vote Hemp's annual survey of state agriculture departments.


That's up from 78,176 acres grown last year, 25,713 acres in 2017 and 9,770 acres in 2016, the group reported.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2019/09/05/hemp-farming-quadrupled-in-the-u-s-this-year-new-report-shows/#7dac3dc2487d