Tag: Midwest Hemp Technology

Hemp acres shrink across Midwest; USDA data shows farmers turning away from CBD

By Tommy Felts / May 16, 2024

Editor’s note: The following story was published by Harvest Public Media and KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. Fewer farmers are planting hemp across the Midwest and Great Plains; The decline is most acute in…

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Hemp could be the next superfood: How one state-backed company is connecting farmers to retailers now

By Tommy Felts / August 12, 2023

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro.  AUGUSTA, Kansas — A Kansas company specializing in agricultural and industrial hemp hopes that a collaborative, educational approach in a burgeoning industry will benefit farmers, the environment, and end users…

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