Monday, September 7, 2015

Hemp Seeds Make Crop Difficult

By Connor Giampietri
Source: kdrv.com



GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - One of Oregon's first hemp farmers says a lack of seed is making it tough to get going.
Josephine County Commissioner Cheryl Walker says fertile seed is expensive and hard to come by because the federal government prohibits imports.
She figures it will take three years for her to save enough homegrown seed to produce a crop big enough for traditional products - fiber, oil and seed.


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