LOUISVILLE — Hemp has turned legitimate in Kentucky, where researchers are starting to plant test plots that will help gauge the economic potency of the nonintoxicating 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.
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Hemp planted in state in wake of standoff
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