As tobacco sales dry up, Kentucky farmers look to the state’s ‘original crop’ — hemp
“This is about evolving,” the 43-year-old said, gingerly pinching stalks of hemp that dangled like light fixtures.“Tobacco here is very much the past,” Furnish said. “Hemp is the future.” The hemp provision, which had bipartisan support, labels hemp a commodity crop — like soybeans and corn — and offers farmers insurance if they choose to…
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