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Hemp Crops Are Flourishing in Kentucky
Posted by: admin Posted date: August 04, 2014 In: News After a nonsensical battle simply to get the seeds into the arms of farmers in the Bluegrass State, hemp crops are lastly on the develop. Kentucky’s first crop of hemp in many years is claimed to be flourishing simply two months after … Continue reading
UK hemp crop growing well without fertilizer, pesticide
By Janet Patton jpatton1@herald-leader.comJuly 30, 2014 Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print UK agronomist Dave Williams stood next to a plot of 7-foot hemp plants at the University of Kentucky Spindletop Research Farm in Lexington last Thursday. This hemp was planted in late May after the seeds were released by the Drug Enforcement Administration. … Continue reading
Mining’s New Joint Venture
Posted by Gabe Friedman This isn’t a great time for small Canadian mining businesses. For the past couple of years, people have worried that China’s economic problems will keep it from buying metals and minerals in big quantities, as it once did, which has lowered prices for some of those commodities. Plus, mine workers are … Continue reading
A Beginner’s Guide to Hemp Oil, the Cannabis Product That’s Legal Right Now
By Hannah Sentenac Thu., May 29 2014 at 7:00 AM With medical marijuana on everyone’s lips (in more ways than one), people are buzzing about weed, hemp, cannabis, THC, CBD, and all kinds of other related terms that you might or might not understand. It’s OK — this is confusing stuff. Leave it … Continue reading
Military Veteran Farmers to Plant Historic Industrial Hemp Crop in Kentucky
MOUNT VERNON, KY — Vote Hemp, the national single-issue advocacy group dedicated to re-commercializing industrial hemp, and Kentucky non-profit Growing Warriors, have partnered to organize a planting of industrial hemp in Mount Vernon, KY on May 16, 2014, as part of the nationwide grassroots education effort Hemp History Week . The certified industrial hemp seed … Continue reading
Kentucky’s first industrial hemp crop in decades will start going into the ground next month
Comer: First hemp crop in decades set for planting LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s first industrial hemp crop in decades will start going into the ground next month now that the pipeline for shipping seeds into the state is opening up to allow the experimental plantings, state Agriculture Commissioner James Comer said Tuesday. Comer said … Continue reading
In the next few days, the (HEMP) seeds will finally arrive to Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer says it’s been a long road to bring back industrial hemp. Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill in 2013 to allow the reintroduction of industrial hemp if the federal government lifted its ban. Then, a federal farm bill agreement allowed pilot growing programs. Comer says Kentucky … Continue reading
State ag commissioner updates Boyle chamber on hemp production
Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:17 am By VICTORIA ALDRICH valdrich@amnews.com Of all the plants that humans have cultivated throughout history, few are as versatile as hemp. Its fibers easily convert into rope, clothing and furniture material, insulation, plastics, paper and mulch. Its seeds are perfect for birdseed, hemp milk, protein powder and fish bait. … Continue reading
US considers buying industrial cannabis from Ukraine to improve its economy
The US Department of Agriculture is looking to boost imports of hemp seeds from Ukraine, hoping this will help the country’s battered economy. However, they still do not know what it will be used for. “We are now involved in trying to figure out ways … Continue reading
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
Shortly after the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act went into effect on October 1, 1937, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Denver City police arrested Moses Baca for possession and Samuel Caldwell for dealing. ^ “The First Pot POW”. Retrieved 2011-03-18. “On the day the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act was enacted — Oct. 2, 1937 … Continue reading
