… should the cultivation of industrial hemp be legalized in the state. This … the economic impact
both of cultivating industrial hemp and of establishing processing plants for industrial hemp …

… Kentucky’s prior history of production, industrial hemp is … Agriculture as a whole has changed
considerably since hemp’s … receiving financial support from the industrial hemp industry, …

… Vantreese, a professor of agricultural economics at the Umversity of Kentucky, concluded
that global markets for industrial hemp continue to shrink despite the fact that hemp is legally …

… Cannabidiol production has been the focus of Kentucky hemp producers and many of the
1400 plus hemp license holders in the United States. The primary reason for this is that …

… uncertainties as to the future of Kentucky's farm economy. The search for an alternative field
… Many of the promoters of the idea of once again growing hemp on Central Kentucky lands …

… affecting hemp production in Kentucky using a farm-level panel dataset accounting for
county-specific economic, … Although industrial hemp was a major agronomic crop in Kentucky [3], …

… the hands of the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission and the Kentucky State Police.The …
million in 2019.99 Despite these economic numbers, there exists major growing pains in the …

… As the United States' economy remains in economic turmoil, states are looking for … Based
on the assumption that Kentucky legalizes industrial hemp cultivation first, Kentucky farmers …

… US industrial hemp acreage reported by State pilot programs … 2018, the largest US hemp
acreage since the 146,200 acres … hemp produced in the United States was grown in Kentucky. …

… Fundamentally, the Commonwealth's argument was that because no economic market
currently exists for industrial hemp, the laws should remain unchanged." Not only does this …