13 Jan 2015

Hemp Freedom Act Kentucky

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In 2013, SB50 became law, which authorized industrial hemp farming and production provided that Federal law authorized the same. As is being introduced in other states, a simple amendment to that legislation to remove such federal approval – will authorize hemp farming and production on a state level! The Hemp Freedom Act would authorize farming, production and commerce of industrial hemp in the state, effectively nullifying the federal prohibition on the same. Your action is needed to move this legislation … Read More

8 Dec 2014

Ky Ag looking for farmers to grow hemp

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Last updated: December 04. 2014 11:07AM – 1102 Views By Chris Cooper – [email protected]   The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications from the state’s farmers who would like to participate in an industrial hemp pilot project the beginning of next year. The application deadline is Jan. 1. Logan County farmers can find and fill out an application at http://www.kyagr.com/hemp. Agriculture Commissioner James Comer announced earlier in the year that he is creating industrial hemp pilot projects in … Read More

31 Oct 2014

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17 Aug 2014

Hemp homecoming: Rebirth sprouts in Kentucky

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  MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Call it a homecoming for hemp: Marijuana’s non-intoxicating cousin is undergoing a rebirth in a state at the forefront of efforts to reclaim it as a mainstream crop. Researchers and farmers are producing the first legal hemp crop in generations in Kentucky, where hemp has turned into a political cause decades after it was banned by the federal government. Republican U.S. Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul advocate for it, as does state Agriculture Commissioner … Read More

5 Aug 2014

Hemp Crops Are Flourishing in Kentucky

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      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 the state formally legalized the plant genus for cultivation and analysis functions. College of Kentucky’s plant researcher David Williams says the cultivation course of is … Read More

31 Jul 2014

UK hemp crop growing well without fertilizer, pesticide

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By Janet Patton [email protected] 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. Hemp’s comeback in Kentucky is going strong, tall and green. A patch of hemp seeded at the University of Kentucky’s Spindletop research farm in Lexington … Read More

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