AUGUSTA, Kan. (KSNW) – Kansas hemp processing companies are taking the approach “if you build it, they will come.” “I think industrial hemp is headed in the right direction on the fiber and grain side ...

GREAT BEND, Kan. (KSNW) – Hemp is a crop many may not commonly associate with Kansas, but that could change with the help of a new facility that is making it easier for farmers to sell what they sow.

South Dakota continued to expand its industrial hemp footprint in 2024 as Texas quickly gained ground, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Hemp Report. As defined in the 2018 ...

WAKONDA, S.D. — Despite South Dakota being the third-to last state to legalize industrial hemp farming, the state now leads the nation in production. Ken Meyer, president of the South Dakota ...

LAKE LILLIAN — It was 1943 when a hemp processing plant was built on a flat piece of farmland with a view of the blue waters of Lake Lillian, in southern Kandiyohi County. As part of the war effort, ...