Nebraska Farmers Working Out The Kinks Of Growing Hemp

Nebraska agricultural producers are facing difficult times, and industrial hemp — whose cultivation was legalized by the 2018 farm bill — potentially provides a new source of income generation. Hemp can produce four times the profit of corn.

During World War II, the federal government allowed cultivation of this crop, and hemp was used to make uniforms, canvas and rope for U.S. forces. Nebraska’s soil was a standout, producing more hemp per acre than anywhere else in the nation. Federal authorities banned hemp after that war, citing concerns about the psychoactive ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol, most closely associated with hemp’s botanical relative marijuana. The farm bill limits hemp’s THC concentration to no more than 0.3%.

With the recent go-ahead from the federal government, enthusiasm to leap into hemp production is spreading quickly. Forty-six states have legalized hemp cultivation, and at least 34 states license growers to produce hemp for clothing, paper, oil and medicinal purposes.

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