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‘We want to make Kentucky synonymous with hemp like Idaho with potatoes,’ ag chief says

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 08:00

The latest hemp update from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture came at a tobacco warehouse where a packed house included former and current tobacco growers. But the irony was lost on no one.

Among those reporting was Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who told those gathered at the G.F. Vaughan Tobacco Warehouse #23 in Lexington, “We want to make Kentucky synonymous with hemp like Idaho with potatoes.”

Speaker after speaker sang the praises of the crop that is entering season two of research production, including Derek Vaughan, CEO of Vaughan Tobacco.

“You may not believe this, but you’re standing in the heart of hemp country today. No one else is doing what Kentucky is doing.”
— Andy Graves, Atalo Holdings

Vaughan emphasized that his family is a “tobacco family” that has been involved in the state’s industry for more than a century, the “last remaining tobacco processor in...

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