Growers say PA Hemp Rollout Too Slow
This year Kentucky farmers will grow and potentially sell more than 12,000 acres of industrial hemp. according to that state's Department of Agriculture.
Hemp farmers get as much as $21,000 per acre, meaning the Kentucky program could generate crops worth upwards of $252 million this year, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates.
Pennsylvania, meanwhile, will have just about 80 acres of hemp to harvest this year and won't be able to sell any of it.
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This year Kentucky farmers will grow and potentially sell more than 12,000 acres of industrial hemp. according to that state's Department of Agriculture.
Hemp farmers get as much as $21,000 per acre, meaning the Kentucky program could generate crops worth upwards of $252 million this year, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates.
Pennsylvania, meanwhile, will have just about 80 acres of hemp to harvest this year and won't be able to sell any of it.
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