The first hint that Damian Farris isn't your typical farmer is the nickname of his mud-splattered white pickup truck: "Smoked Tofu."
Four years ago he was a hippie with no farming experience and a passion for weed. Now he's the co-founder of Colorado Cultivars, the self-proclaimed country's...
During his surprisingly successful bid for the presidency, Donald Trump famously sought out rural America and American farmers, and for good reasons beyond politics.
For years, farmers in Colorado and other states have struggled against falling prices, global competition and a drain of talent...
Researchers at Penn State have been getting an up-close look at a crop that's been banned for decades in the commonwealth.
Industrial hemp was outlawed along with marijuana in the 1930s. The plants are related, but hemp cannot get a person high. It can produce seeds that can be used as a...
Researchers across the state are trying to figure out how to turn an old Virginia crop into a new, viable one.
Industrial hemp cultivation was once common in Virginia but has been banned for the past 80 years. To discuss its potential, a first-of-its-kind Industrial Hemp Field Day was held...
It's the latest health and nutrition "wow crop" to come out of our farmer's fields, but perhaps a bit misunderstood.
Industrial Hemp is making a comeback after its debut during WWII, but now, the plant promises more uses than just rope and t-shirts.
Just outside Callaway, Minnesota a...
A 534-acre historic farm, known as the Eagle Rest Plantation, donated to Murray State last year is now serving as a research and demonstration hub for cover crop and industrial hemp.
Hutson School of Agriculture Dean Tony Brannon says projects on a portion of the farm are just the beginning of...
With 950 acres of crop ready for the reaper last year, Gregory Clark had a problem: finding enough John Deere combine harvesters — machines designed to harvest grain — to collect it all.
Standing in front of dozens of farmers and other interested parties at Virginia State University's...
Eli Harrington thinks holding the first-ever Vermont Hemp Festival in the rural, remote Northeast Kingdom makes perfect sense.
Harrington and Monica Donovan, co-founders of Heady Vermont, chose to have their inaugural hemp conference in the NEK because the Kingdom has an important history with...
Hemp farmers and processors in Murray presented progress and problems in growing the crop to U.S. Senator Rand Paul on Thursday. Paul is in the region as part of a tour discussing healthcare options and made a stop in Murray to talk hemp ahead of visits to other communities.
Joseph Kelly...
Researchers in southwest Virginia are looking to nature in an effort to provide diversity and collaboration in bringing back the economy. An ongoing project at the University of Virginia at Wise is looking at the production of hemp as a potential boost. The researchers believe this could be the...
Hi to everyone here, I am currently growing out some blueberry by crop king seeds, i am about a month in to the grow, under 600w hps, i have topped and lst'd and now I am wondering at which height i should begin flowering at. I guess what i am curious to know is how much this strain will stretch...
During a swing through upstate New York, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to designate industrial hemp a specialty crop – a move that would allow farmers to obtain critical crop insurance coverage.
Gillibrand, D-N.Y., visited JD Farms in Eaton, Madison...
Senate Bill 261 passed in Montana in 2001 allowing the production of hemp as an agricultural crop.
But farming officials say it's taken the past 16 years to get the crop into the ground due to federal regulations surrounding hemp's cannabinoid status.
Montana is now one of three states to...
Hi. I had this problem before on my last crop, its the new growth of the leaves that are looking burnt and its much worse on my crop right now because i took cuttings off the last crop which had this problem. Im trying to find how to upload these pics atm while i make this thread. I did some...
We're all heard of it - cannabis, pot, marijuana, Mary Jane - but what do you really know about it?
1. It's been around for thousands of years. Cannabis, in its digestible form, was discovered in tombs in the Turpan District of Xinjiang, China, in the early 2000s and carbon-dated to 2500BP (or...
Farmers and Ranchers in the western half of North Dakota have been looking to the sky, begging for rain for months. Producers of one crop, however, aren't sweating as hard as the rest.
Industrial hemp may look like marijuana, but it has none of the ingredients that give smokers a high. It...
5 out of 5 Germinated, Germinated for 10 days, Vegetated for 14 days and its day 45 of flowering. I give it a very good rating. 10 out of 10. Thank you Crop King. :Namaste:
Farmers in the state have proven industrial hemp can be grown in North Dakota. Now it's time to advance from limited test plots around the state to an industry that provides income for farmers and manufacturing jobs for communities.
Industrial hemp is regulated much like marijuana by the U.S...