"Hemp has turned legitimate in Kentucky, where researchers are starting to plant test plots that will help gauge the economic potency of the non-intoxicating plant banned for decades due to its family ties to marijuana.
As part of the comeback, University of Kentucky agronomy researchers planted a small hemp plot Tuesday in central Kentucky. The seeds used were part of a shipment from Italy that was released last week after a legal standoff between Kentucky's Agriculture Department and the federal government.
Elsewhere, a test hemp plot affiliated with Murray State University in western Kentucky has also been planted, using another seed source, state agriculture officials said.
Statewide, about 13 acres of hemp plots are expected to be planted in coming days, said Holly Harris VonLuehrte, chief of staff to state Agriculture Commissioner James Comer. The state Agriculture Department is looking into possibly arranging more hemp seed shipments into the state, she said."
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"TEST PLOTS"!?! Its been growing like a weed since the beginning of time. The uses of the hemp plant are widely known and documented. The reason hemp was even outlawed was because competing industries, namely cotton and timber, saw that with new technology hemp would become even easier to process. Radically diminishing the need for cotton and timber for many uses. Most other countries in the world already use hemp as well for many things.
I am glad they are making an effort but it is wasted time. The research is already out there and is backed by 5000 years of history and use.
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