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BUSINESS & AG
Oregon hemp farmers seek stability in marketplace
❇✑ ❉✒✓✔✕✖✑ ②✗✘❛✙✒❡
❚❤✚ ✛✜✢✣✚✤✚✦ ✧✚✣★✩✪✚✬✲✭✢✮✬✯
✰✳✴ ✵✶✴✸✹✺ ✳✴✻✽ ✿✺❀❁❂❃
t✶❄ ✿❂ ❅✹✹✻✿✺✸❈ ❅❁t ❂t✿❊❊ ❋●❍✴❂
●✺ ❁✺❍✴✶t●✿✺ ❋❁t❁✶✴■
❏ ❊●❍❦ ✹❋ ❍✹✺❂✿❂t✴✺t t✴❂t❃
✿✺✸ ✽✹❊✿❍✿✴❂❈ ✹❁t❀●t✴❀ ❑■▲■
▼✴✽●✶t✻✴✺t ✹❋ ❏✸✶✿❍❁❊t❁✶✴
✶✴✸❁❊●t✿✹✺ ●✺❀ ✶❁❊✴❂❈ ●✺❀
✽✶✹❅❊✴✻❂ ♣✿t✳ ❅●✺❦✿✺✸ ♣✴✶✴
❂✹✻✴ ✹❋ t✳✴ ✿❂❂❁✴❂ ❅✴✳✿✺❀
t✳✴ ❁✶✸✴✺t t✹✺✴ ●t ● ✶✴❍✴✺t
✵✶✴✸✹✺ ✳✴✻✽ ❋●✶✻✴✶ ✶✹❁✺❀❃
t●❅❊✴ ❀✿❂❍❁❂❂✿✹✺ ✳✹❂t✴❀ ❅❄
❑■▲■ ▲✴✺■ ◆✹✺ P❄❀✴✺ ●t t✳✴
❑✺✿❯✴✶❂✿t❄ ✹❋ ✵✶✴✸✹✺ ▼✹♣✺❃
t✹♣✺ ◗✺✺✹❯●t✿✹✺ ❘❁❅■
❙●✶✻✴✶❂ ❂●t ●❊✹✺✸❂✿❀✴
✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄ ❊✹❅❅❄✿❂t❂❈ ❂❍✿✴✺t✿❂t❂❈
✽✶✹❋✴❂❂✹✶❂❈ ❀✴❂✿✸✺✴✶❂❈ ✽✶✹❀❁❍❃
✴✶❂ ●✺❀ ✵✶✴✸✹✺ ▼✴✽●✶t✻✴✺t
✹❋ ❏✸✶✿❍❁❊t❁✶✴ ✹❋♦❍✿●❊❂❈
✴❳✽✶✴❂❂✿✺✸ t✳✴✿✶ ❍✹✺❍✴✶✺❂ ❋✹✶
t✳✴ ❋❁t❁✶✴ ✹❋ t✳✴ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶✿●❊
✳✴✻✽ ❅❁❂✿✺✴❂❂ ●✺❀ ❍✶✹✽■
▼✴❂✽✿t✴ t✳✴ ❁✺❍✴✶t●✿✺t❄❈
P❄❀✴✺ ❂●✿❀ t✳✴ ❊✴❯✴❊ ✹❋
❍✹✻✻✿t✻✴✺t ❋✶✹✻ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄
✽✶✹❋✴❂❂✿✹✺●❊❂ ✻●❦✴❂ ✵✶✴✸✹✺
t✳✴ ✽✴✶❋✴❍t ❂t●t✴ t✹ ❊✴●❀ t✳✴
✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄■
➇P✴❩❯✴ ✸✹t ✿t ●❊❊ ✶✿✸✳t
●✶✹❁✺❀ t✳✿❂ t●❅❊✴❈➈ t✳✴ ✵✶❃
✴✸✹✺ ▼✴✻✹❍✶●t ❂●✿❀ ❀❁✶✿✺✸
t✳✴ ✴●✶❊❄ ❬❁❊❄ ✶✹❁✺❀t●❅❊✴■
➇P✴❩❯✴ ✸✹t ✴❂❂✴✺t✿●❊❊❄ t✳✴
✻✹❀✴✶✺ ❊✴●❀✴✶❂✳✿✽ t✹ t●✽
t✳✴ ✿✺❍✶✴❀✿❅❊✴ ✽✹t✴✺t✿●❊ ❋✹✶
✳✴✻✽ ✸✶✹♣t✳ ✿✺ ✵✶✴✸✹✺■ ❏✺❀
✵✶✴✸✹✺❈ ●❂ ✿❂ ✹❁✶ t✶●❀✿t✿✹✺❈
❍●✺ ❅✴ ● t✶●✿❊❅❊●❝✴✶ ♣✿t✳ ●❀❃
❀✶✴❂❂✿✺✸ t✳✴❂✴ ✿❂❂❁✴❂■➈
Need for clear
regulations, testing
◗✺ ❭❪❫❴❈ P❄❀✴✺ ❊✴❀ t✳✴
❍✳●✶✸✴ t✹ ❊✴✸●❊✿❝✴ ✳✴✻✽ ♣✿t✳
❊✴✸✿❂❊●t✿✹✺ ✿✺ t✳✴ ❭❪❫❴ ❙●✶✻
❵✿❊❊■ P❄❀✴✺❩❂ ♣✹✶❦ ●❊✹✺✸❂✿❀✴
◆✴✽❁❅❊✿❍●✺ ▲✴✺●t✴ ❜●❞✹✶✿t❄
❢✴●❀✴✶ ❜✿t❍✳ ❜❍❣✹✺✺✴❊❊
✻●❀✴ ✿t ✽✹❂❂✿❅❊✴ ❋✹✶ t✳✴
❘✴✻✽ ❙●✶✻✿✺✸ ❏❍t ✹❋ ❭❪❫❴
t✹ ❅✴❍✹✻✴ ● ❅✿✽●✶t✿❂●✺ ✽✿✴❍✴
✹❋ ❊✴✸✿❂❊●t✿✹✺ ✿✺❍❊❁❀✴❀ ✿✺
t✳✴ ♦✺●❊ ❅✿❊❊ t✳●t ✽●❂❂✴❀ ✿✺
▼✴❍✴✻❅✴✶■ ✰✳✴ ❅✿❊❊ ❀✴♦✺✴❀
✳✴✻✽ ●❂ ●✺ ●✸✶✿❍❁❊t❁✶●❊
④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨④
⑩❶❷❸❹❷❺❻❼ ❽❾❶❿ ➀➁➂❻ ➃➄
✰✳✴ ❞❁❀✸✴ ✿❂❂❁✴❀ t✳✴ ✶✴❃
❂t✶✿❍t✿✹✺❂ ●✻✿❀ ● ♦✺❀✿✺✸ t✳●t
t✳✴ ✴✺❯✿✶✹✺✻✴✺t●❊ ✸✶✹❁✽❂
✳●❀ ❂✳✹♣✺ ● ❊✿❦✴❊✿✳✹✹❀ ✹❋
❂❁❍❍✴✴❀✿✺✸ ✿✺ ✽✶✹❯✿✺✸ t✳●t
❋✹✶✻✴✶ ◗✺t✴✶✿✹✶ ▲✴❍✶✴t●✶❄
◆❄●✺ ➅✿✺❦✴❩❂ ✹✶❀✴✶ ❋✹✶ t✳✴
✸✹❯✴✶✺✻✴✺t t✹ ✶✴✿❂❂❁✴ ● ❫❪❃
❄✴●✶ ✸✶●❝✿✺✸ ✽✴✶✻✿t t✹ t✳✴
❘●✻✻✹✺❀❂ t✳✿❂ ❄✴●✶ ➇♣●❂
●✶❅✿t✶●✶❄ ●✺❀ ❍●✽✶✿❍✿✹❁❂➈
●✺❀ ❁✺❊●♣❋❁❊■
✰✳✴ ✴✺❯✿✶✹✺✻✴✺t●❊
●❀❯✹❍●❍❄ ✸✶✹❁✽❂ P✴❂t✴✶✺
P●t✴✶❂✳✴❀❂ ♥✶✹❞✴❍t❈ t✳✴ ❣✴✺❃
t✴✶ ❋✹✶ ❵✿✹❊✹✸✿❍●❊ ▼✿❯✴✶❂✿t❄
●✺❀ P✿❊❀✴●✶t✳ s❁●✶❀✿●✺❂
❂❁✴❀ t✳✴ ◗✺t✴✶✿✹✶ ❂✴❍✶✴t●✶❄
●✺❀ t✳✴ ❑■▲■ ❵❁✶✴●❁ ✹❋ ❢●✺❀
❜●✺●✸✴✻✴✺t ●❋t✴✶ t✳✴ ✸✹❯❃
✴✶✺✻✴✺t ✿✺ ❬●✺❁●✶❄ ✶✴✺✴♣✴❀
● ❫❪❃❄✴●✶ ✸✶●❝✿✺✸ ✽✴✶✻✿t ❋✹✶
❘●✻✻✹✺❀ ◆●✺❍✳✴❂■
✰✳✴ ✸✶✹❁✽❂ ●✶✸❁✴❀ t✳●t
➅✿✺❦✴ ❯✿✹❊●t✴❀ ❋✴❀✴✶●❊ ✶✴✸❁❃
❊●t✿✹✺❂ ❅✴❍●❁❂✴ t✳✴ ✸✹❯✴✶✺❃
✻✴✺t ❋●✿❊✴❀ t✹ ❍✹✺❂✿❀✴✶ t✳✴
❘●✻✻✹✺❀❂❩ ❁✺❂●t✿❂❋●❍t✹✶❄
✶✴❍✹✶❀ ✹✶ ❀✹ ✽✶✹✽✴✶ ✴✺❯✿✶✹✺❃
✻✴✺t●❊ ✶✴❯✿✴♣❂■
✰✳✴ ✶✴✺✴♣●❊ ✹❋ t✳✴ ❘●✻❃
✻✹✺❀❂❩ ❭❪❫✈ ✸✶●❝✿✺✸ ✽✴✶✻✿t
❋✹❊❊✹♣✴❀ ♥✶✴❂✿❀✴✺t ▼✹✺●❊❀
✰✶❁✻✽❩❂ ✽●✶❀✹✺ ✹❋ t✳✴ ❘●✻❃
❍✹✻✻✹❀✿t❄ ●✺❀ ❁❊t✿✻●t✴❊❄
✶✴✻✹❯✴❀ ✿t ❋✶✹✻ t✳✴ ❍✹✺❃
t✶✹❊❊✴❀ ❂❁❅❂t●✺❍✴ ❊✿❂t■
✰✳✴ ❊✴✸✿❂❊●t✿✹✺ ●❊❊✹♣❂ ❋✹✶
✿✺t✴✶❂t●t✴ ❍✹✻✻✴✶❍✴ ●✺❀
❍✶✹✽ ✿✺❂❁✶●✺❍✴■ ▲t●t✴❂ ●✶✴
❋✴❀✴✶●❊❊❄ ✶✴✐❁✿✶✴❀ t✹ ✶✴✸❁❊●t✴
●✺❀ ✿✺❂✽✴❍t ✳✴✻✽ ❋●✶✻❂❈ ❅❁t
t✳✴ ●❍t ✸✿❯✴❂ t✳✴✻ t✳✴ ●❅✿❊✿t❄
t✹ ❅✴ t✳✴ ✽✶✿✻●✶❄ ✶✴✸❁❊●t✹✶❂
✹❋ ✳✴✻✽ ✽✶✹❀❁❍t✿✹✺■ ❵✴❍●❁❂✴
✳✴✻✽ ✿❂ ✺✹♣ ❊●❅✴❊✴❀ ●❂ ●✺
●✸✶✿❍❁❊t❁✶●❊ ❍✹✻✻✹❀✿t❄❈ t✳✴
❑▲▼❏ ✿❂ ✿✺ ❍✳●✶✸✴ ✹❋ ✶✴✸❁❃
❊●t✿✺✸ ✿t ✿✺❂t✴●❀ ✹❋ t✳✴ ❑■▲■
▼✴✽●✶t✻✴✺t ✹❋ ❬❁❂t✿❍✴■
❑✺❋✹✶t❁✺●t✴❊❄❈ t✳✴ ❑▲▼❏
●✺❀ t✳✴ ❑■▲■ ❙✹✹❀ ●✺❀ ▼✶❁✸
❏❀✻✿✺✿❂t✶●t✿✹✺ ✳●❯✴ ✺✹t
✿❂❂❁✴❀ ❁✽❀●t✴❀ ✽✹❊✿❍✿✴❂ ●✺❀
✶✴✸❁❊●t✿✹✺❂ ✳✴✻✽ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄
✽✶✹❋✴❂❂✿✹✺●❊❂ ✺✴✴❀■ ✰✳✴❂✴
✶✴✸❁❊●t✿✹✺❂ ♣✹❁❊❀ ❀✴t✴✶✻✿✺✴
t✴❂t✿✺✸ ●✺❀ ✽✶✹❀❁❍t✿✹✺ ❂✽✴❍✿❃
♦❍●t✿✹✺❂ t✳✴ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄ ●❅✿❀✴❂
❅❄■ P✿t✳✹❁t t✳✴✻❈ ❋●✶✻✴✶❂
✶✿❂❦ ❊✹❂✿✺✸ t✳✹❁❂●✺❀❂ ✹❋
❀✹❊❊●✶❂ ❅✴❍●❁❂✴ t✳✴✿✶ ❍❁✶✶✴✺t
❍✶✹✽❂ ✻●❄ ✺✹t ❅✴ ✿✺ ❍✹✻✽❊✿❃
●✺❍✴■
✰✳✴ ❊●❍❦ ✹❋ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄
❂t●✺❀●✶❀❂ ✿❂ ♣✳●t ❢✿❝ s●❊✴❈
❋●✶✻✴✶ ●✺❀ ✹♣✺✴✶ ✹❋ ❢✿❯✿✺✸
❘●✶❯✴❂t ❙●✶✻ ❢❢❣ ✿✺ ▼●❊❃
❊●❂❈ ✵✶✴✸✹✺❈ ❂●✿❀ ✻●❀✴ t✳✴
✶✹❁✺❀t●❅❊✴ ✻✴✴t✿✺✸ ✴❳❃
t✶✴✻✴❊❄ ✿✻✽✹✶t●✺t ❅✴❍●❁❂✴
❋●✶✻✴✶❂ ✺✴✴❀ t✹ ❦✺✹♣ ♣✳●t❩❂
✸✹✿✺✸ ✹✺■
➇✰✳✿✺✸❂ ❍✳●✺✸✴ ●❊❊ t✳✴
t✿✻✴❈➈ s●❊✴ ❂●✿❀■ ➇✰✳✴ ✽❊●✺t❂
t✳●t ◗ ✳●❯✴ ✿✺ t✳✴ ✸✶✹❁✺❀
✶✿✸✳t ✺✹♣❈ ♣✳●t❩❂ ●❊❊ ❀✴❍✿❀✴❀
●✶✹❁✺❀ t✳✴❂✴ t●❅❊✴❂❈ ✿❂ ✸✹✿✺✸
t✹ ❀✴t✴✶✻✿✺✴ ♣✳✴t✳✴✶ ◗ ❍●✺
❂✴❊❊ ✿t ✹✶ ✺✹t ●t t✳✴ ✴✺❀ ✹❋ t✳✴
❄✴●✶■➈
s●❊✴ ❂●✿❀ ❂✳✴❩❂ ✸✶✹♣✺
✻✴❀✿❍✿✺●❊ ●✺❀ ✶✴❍✶✴●t✿✹✺●❊
❍✶✹✽❂ ✿✺ t✳✴ ✽●❂t ❅❁t ✳✴✻✽
❍✶✴●t✴❂ ✺✴♣ ✹✽✽✹✶t❁✺✿t✿✴❂■
❙✹✶ s●❊✴❈ ● ✻✹t✳✴✶ ✹❋ t♣✹
❂✹✺❂❈ ✳✴✻✽ ❋●✶✻✿✺✸ ✿❂ ● ❋●✻❃
✿❊❄ ❅❁❂✿✺✴❂❂
➇◗❋ ❄✹❁ ❍●✺ ❂❁❂t●✿✺ ❄✹❁✶
❋●✻✿❊❄❈ ●✺❀ ✸✴✺✴✶●t✿✹✺❃
●❊❊❄ ✳●❯✴ ❋●✻✿❊❄ ❋●✶✻❂ ♣✿t✳
✳✴✻✽ ❍✶✹✽❂❈ t✳●t❩❂ ♣✳✴✶✴
◗ t✳✿✺❦ ✳✴✻✽ ♣✿❊❊ ❍✳●✺✸✴
❏✻✴✶✿❍●❈➈ ❂✳✴ ❂●✿❀■
❑✺❋✹✶t❁✺●t✴❊❄❈ t✳✴ ✿✺❀❁❂❃
t✶❄ ✺✴✴❀❂ t✹ ❍❁t t✳✶✹❁✸✳ ✶✴❀
t●✽✴ ❅✴❋✹✶✴ ✿t ❍●✺ ❍✳●✺✸✴
✻❁❍✳ ✹❋ ●✺❄t✳✿✺✸■ ❏ ❅✿✸ ✽●✶t
✹❋ t✳✴ ✿❂❂❁✴ ❍✹✻✴❂ ❀✹♣✺ t✹
t✴❂t✿✺✸ t✳✴ ✽❊●✺t❂ ●✺❀ ❀✴♦✺❃
✿✺✸ ✰❘❣■
P✳✿❊✴ ✻●✶✿❞❁●✺● ●✺❀
✳✴✻✽ ●✶✴ ❍●✺✺●❅✿❂ ✽❊●✺t❂❈
✳✴✻✽ ✳●❂ ● ❊✹♣ ✰❘❣ ❍✹✺❍✴✺❃
t✶●t✿✹✺■ ✰❘❣❈ ✹✶ ❀✴❊t●❃❥❃t✴t❃
✶●✳❄❀✶✹❍●✺✺●❅✿✺✹❊❈ ✿❂ t✳✴
❍✹✺❍✴✺t✶●t✴❀ ✽❂❄❍✳✹●❍t✿❯✴
❍✳✴✻✿❍●❊ ✿✺ ✻●✶✿❞❁●✺● t✳●t
✻●❦✴❂ ❁❂✴✶❂ ❋✴✴❊ ✳✿✸✳■
✰✳✴ ✵✶✴✸✹✺ ▼✴✽●✶t✻✴✺t
✹❋ ❏✸✶✿❍❁❊t❁✶✴ ✿❂❂❁✴❀ ✶❁❊✴❂
❂●❄✿✺✸ t✳●t ✳✴✻✽ ❍●✺❩t
❍✹✺t●✿✺ ✻✹✶✴ t✳●✺ ❪■❧♠ t✹t●❊
✰❘❣■ ✰✹t●❊ ✰❘❣ ✿❂ t✳✴ ❂❁✻
✹❋ ❀✴❊t●❃❥ ✰❘❣ ●✺❀ ✰❘❣❏❈
●✺ ●❍✿❀✿❍ ❍●✺✺●❅✿✺✹✿❀ ❋✹❁✺❀
✿✺ t✳✴ ❍●✺✺●❅✿❂ ✽❊●✺t■ ▼✿❋❋✴✶❃
✴✺t t✴❂t✿✺✸ ✻✴t✳✹❀❂ ●t ❀✿❋❃
❋✴✶✴✺t ❊●❅❂ ✻●❄ ✿✻✽●❍t ✳✹♣
t✳✴ ❂❁❅❂t●✺❍✴❂ ●✶✴ ✻✴●❂❁✶✴❀
●✺❀ ✶✴✽✹✶t✴❀■ ❏❍❍✹✶❀✿✺✸ t✹
▲❁✺✺❄ ▲❁✻✻✴✶❂❈ ❣●✺✺●❅✿❂
♥✹❊✿❍❄ ❣✹✹✶❀✿✺●t✹✶ ❋✹✶ ✵▼❏❈
t✳✴ ❊●✺✸❁●✸✴ ✿✺ t✳✴ ❋●✶✻ ❅✿❊❊
✿❂✺❩t ❍❊✴●✶■
➇✰✴❂t✿✺✸ ❍✹✺❂✿❂t✴✺❍❄ ✿❂ ●
❅✿✸ ❍✹✺❍✴✶✺ ●✺❀ ❂t✶❁✸✸❊✴ ❋✹✶
t✳✴ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄❈➈ ▲❁✻✻✴✶❂ ❂●✿❀■
➇◗ ♣●✺t ✳✴✻✽ t✹ ❅✴ ✳✴✻✽
✿✺ ✵✶✴✸✹✺❈ ✿✺ q✴✺t❁❍❦❄❈ ✹✶
♣✳●t✴❯✴✶ ❂t●t✴ ✿t ♣●❂ ✸✶✹♣✺
✿✺■ ◗ ♣●✺t ✿t t✹ ❅✴ t✳✴ ❂●✻✴■➈
▲✴●✺ ❵✴✴✻●✺❈ ❍✹❃❋✹❁✺❀✴✶
✹❋ s✴✺✴❂✿❂ ♥✳●✶✻❂❈ ✿❂
❍✹✺❍✴✶✺✴❀ t✳●t ♣✿t✳ t✴❂t✿✺✸
✿❂❂❁✴❂❈ t✳✴ ❅✹✹✻✿✺✸ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄
t✳●t ✿❂ ✵✶✴✸✹✺ ✳✴✻✽ ♣✿❊❊
❍✹✻✴ t✹ ● ✳●❊t ❅❄ ✳●✶❯✴❂t
t✿✻✴■ ❵✴✴✻●✺ ✿❂ ✻✹❂t ❍✹✺❃
❍✴✶✺✴❀ ●❅✹❁t t✳✴ ✿✺❍✶✴●❂✴
✿✺ ✸✶✹♣✴✶❂ ♣✿t✳ ❊✿tt❊✴ t✹ ✺✹
✴❳✽✴✶✿✴✺❍✴■
➇r❯✴✶❄ ✸✶✹♣✴✶ ◗ ❦✺✹♣ ✹✶
✻✴✴t❈ ❅✹t✳ ❍●✺✺●❅✿❂ ●✺❀
✳✴✻✽❈ ●✶✴ ❞❁❂t t✹✹ ✴❳❍✿t✴❀
❊●t✴❊❄❈➈ ❵✴✴✻●✺ ❂●✿❀■ ➇✰✳✴✶✴
●✶✴ t✹✹ ✻●✺❄ ✽✴✹✽❊✴ ♣✳✹
t✳✿✺❦ t✳✴❄ ❍●✺ ❁❂✴ t✳✴✿✶ ●✸
✴❳✽✴✶✿✴✺❍✴ t✹ ✻●❦✴ ✻✹✺✴❄■
✰✳✴ ✶✴●❊✿t❄ ✿❂❈ ❞❁❂t ❅✴❍●❁❂✴
✻✹✺❀❂ ❊●❂t ❂❁✻✻✴✶■ ▼♣✿✸✳t
❘●✻✻✹✺❀ ❬✶■ ●✺❀ ✳✿❂ ❄✹❁✺✸❃
✴❂t ❂✹✺❈ ▲t✴❯✴✺ ❘●✻✻✹✺❀❈
❍✹✺❯✿❍t✴❀ ✹❋ ●✶❂✹✺❈ ♣✴✶✴ ❂✴✶❯❃
✿✺✸ ✹❁t ♦❯✴❃❄✴●✶ ✻●✺❀●t✹✶❄
✻✿✺✿✻❁✻ ❂✴✺t✴✺❍✴❂ ❋✹✶ ❂✴t❃
t✿✺✸ ♦✶✴ t✹ ✽❁❅❊✿❍ ❊●✺❀ ♣✳✴✶✴
t✳✴❄ ✳●❀ ✸✶●❝✿✺✸ ✶✿✸✳t❂■
❘●✶✺✴❄ ❣✹❁✺t❄ ✹❋♦❍✿●❊❂
♣✹❁❊❀ ❊✿❦✴ t✳✴ ✴✺❯✿✶✹✺✻✴✺❃
t●❊ ✸✶✹❁✽❂ t✹ ❊✴●❯✴ ✽●✶❀✹✺✴❀
✶●✺❍✳✴✶❂ ●❊✹✺✴■
❄✹❁ ❍●✺ ❋●✶✻ ❍✹✶✺❈ ❀✹✴❂✺❩t
✻✴●✺ ❄✹❁ ❍●✺ ❋●✶✻ ✳✴✻✽■➈
❏❍❍✹✶❀✿✺✸ t✹ ❵✴✴✻●✺❈
❂✹✻✴ ●✸✶✿❍❁❊t❁✶✴ ❋●✶✻✴✶❂ ●✶✴
❞❁✻✽✿✺✸ ✿✺t✹ t✳✴ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄
t✹ ✻●❦✴ ● ✽✶✹♦t ●✺❀ ❍❁tt✿✺✸
❍✹✶✺✴✶❂ t✹ ✸✴t ✽●❂t t✴❂t✿✺✸
✶✴✸❁❊●t✿✹✺❂■ ▼✴❂✽✿t✴ t✳✴ ❋●❍t
t✳●t t✳✴ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄ ❂❦❄✶✹❍❦❃
✴t✴❀❈ ❵✴✴✻●✺ ❂●✿❀ t✳✴✶✴❩❂ ●
❂❁✽✽❊❄❃●✺❀❃❀✴✻●✺❀ ✿❂❂❁✴
♣✳✴✺ ✿t ❍✹✻✴❂ t✹ ✽✶✹❍✴❂❂✿✺✸
✳✴✻✽❈ ●✺❀ ✵▼❏❩❂ ✶✴✸❁❊●❃
t✿✹✺❂ ●✶✴ ✺✴✸●t✿❯✴❊❄ ✿✻✽●❍t❃
✿✺✸ t✳●t■
➇✰✳✴ ❅❁❅❅❊✴ ♣✴ ✳●❯✴
❊✿❯✴❀ ✿✺ t✳✿❂ ✽●❂t ❄✴●✶ ✳●❂
✽✹✽✽✴❀ ●✺❀ ♣✿❊❊ ✺✹t ❅✴ ❅●❍❦❈➈
❵✴✴✻●✺ ❂●✿❀■ ➇✰✳✴ ✵▼❏
✳●❂ ✺✹♣ ❁✽❀●t✴❀ t✳✴ ✶❁❊✴❂
●✺❀ t✳✴❂✴ ✺✴♣ ✶❁❊✴❂ ✸✶✴●t❊❄
✶✴❀❁❍✴ t✳✴ ❯●❊❁✴ ●✺❀ t✳✴
✽✹❂❂✿❅❊✴ ✽✹❂✿t✿✹✺❂ ❋●✶✻✴✶❂
♣✿❊❊ ♦✺❀ t✳✴✻❂✴❊❯✴❂ ✿✺ ❍✹✻✴
✳●✶❯✴❂t t✿✻✴■➈
✰✳✴✶✴ ●✶✴ ❫❈✉✈❭ ✶✴✸✿❂t✴✶✴❀
✳✴✻✽ ❋●✶✻✴✶❂ ✿✺ ✵✶✴✸✹✺
❍✹✻✽●✶✴❀ t✹ ✇❴✈ ✶✴✸✿❂t✴✶✴❀
❊●❂t ❄✴●✶■ ❏❍❍✹✶❀✿✺✸ t✹ t✳✴
✵▼❏❈ t✳✹❂✴ ❋●✶✻✴✶❂ ✳●❯✴
✶✴✸✿❂t✴✶✴❀ t✹ ✽❊●✺t ✻✹✶✴
t✳●✺ ✇❧❈❪❪❪ ●❍✶✴❂■ ◗✺ ●✺
✴❋❋✹✶t t✹ ❋❁✶t✳✴✶ ✳✴❊✽ t✳✴ ✿✺❃
❀❁❂t✶❄ ●✺❀ ✽✶✹t✴❍t ❋●✶✻✴✶❂❈
✵✶✴✸✹✺ ▲t●t✴ ❑✺✿❯✴✶❂✿t❄ ♣✿❊❊
t●❦✴ t✳✴ ❊✴●❀ ✹✺ ❍✴✶t✿❋❄✿✺✸
✳✴✻✽ ❂✴✴❀ ❋✹✶ ✶✴✸✿❂t✴✶✴❀
✵✶✴✸✹✺ ✸✶✹♣✴✶❂■ ✰✳✿❂ ♣✿❊❊
✴✺❂❁✶✴ t✳✴ ❂✴✴❀ ●✺❀❈ ✴❯✴✺t❁❃
●❊❊❄❈ t✳✴ ✳✴✻✽ ❍✶✹✽❈ ✶✴✻●✿✺
❁✽❃t✹❃❀●t✴ ♣✿t✳ ❂t●t✴ ●✺❀
❋✴❀✴✶●❊ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄ ❂✽✴❍✿♦❍●❃
t✿✹✺❂■
◗✺ ❬❁✺✴❈ ✵▲❑ ❁✺❯✴✿❊✴❀
✿t❂ s❊✹❅●❊ ❘✴✻✽ ◗✺✺✹❯●❃
t✿✹✺ ❣✴✺t✴✶❈ t✳✴ ❊●✶✸✴❂t
✳✴✻✽ ❊●❅ ✿✺ t✳✴ ❍✹❁✺t✶❄■
❘✴✻✽ ✶✴❂✴●✶❍✳✴✶❂ ●✶✴ ✺✹♣
✴❊✿✸✿❅❊✴ t✹ ✶✴❍✴✿❯✴ ❍✹✻✽✴t✿❃
t✿❯✴ ❋✴❀✴✶●❊ ✸✶●✺t❂ t✳✶✹❁✸✳
t✳✴ ❑▲▼❏❈ ❁✺❀✴✶ t✳✴ ❋●✶✻
❅✿❊❊ ❊✴✸✿❂❊●t✿✹✺■ ✰✳✴ ❊●❅ ●✿✻❂
t✹ ✿✺✺✹❯●t✴ ●❍✶✹❂❂ ❂✴❯✴✶●❊
♦✴❊❀❂ ✿✺❍❊❁❀✿✺✸ ❋✹✹❀❈ ✽✶✹❀❁❍t
t✴❂t✿✺✸ ●✺❀ ❍❁❊t✿❯●t✿✹✺ ❅❄
❍✹✻❅✿✺✿✺✸ ✈❪ ✻✴✻❅✴✶❂ ✹❋
✵▲❑ ❋●❍❁❊t❄❈ ♣✹✶❦✿✺✸ ●❍✶✹❂❂
❫❥ ●❍●❀✴✻✿❍ ❀✿❂❍✿✽❊✿✺✴❂ t✹
✳✴❊✽ ●❀❀✶✴❂❂ ✳✴✻✽❩❂ ❋❁❊❊
✽✹t✴✺t✿●❊■
Lack of business
services, hurts hemp
farmers
P✳✿❊✴ ✿✺✺✹❯●t✿✹✺ ✿❂ ❁✺❃
❀✴✶♣●❄❈ ❅❁❂✿✺✴❂❂ ✹♣✺✴✶❂ ❂t✿❊❊
●✶✴ ❂❁❋❋✴✶✿✺✸■ ❘✴✻✽ ❣❵▼
❍✹✻✽●✺✿✴❂ ●✶✴ ❂t✶❁✸✸❊✿✺✸ t✹
♦✺❀ ❍✶✴❀✿t ❁✺✿✹✺❂ ●✺❀ ❅●✺❦❂
t✹ ♣✹✶❦ ♣✿t✳❈ ❀✴❂✽✿t✴ ✳✴✻✽
❅✴✿✺✸ ❊✴✸●❊ ❅✴❍●❁❂✴ ✿t❩❂ ❂t✿❊❊
● ❍●✺✺●❅✿❂ ✽❊●✺t■ ❑■▲■ ❵●✺❦
●✺❀ ✿t❂ ❂❁❅❂✿❀✿●✶❄❈ r❊●❯✹✺❈
✻●❀✴ ✳✴●❀❊✿✺✴❂ ♣✳✴✺ t✳✴❄
❍❁t t✿✴❂ ♣✿t✳ t✳✴ ❣❵▼ ✿✺❀❁❂❃
t✶❄ ✴●✶❊✿✴✶ t✳✿❂ ❄✴●✶■
❢✹❍●❊ ✳✴✻✽ ❋●✶✻✴✶
▼✹❁✸❊●❂ ❵✴✶✸✶✴✺ ●✸✶✴✴❂
t✳●t t✳✴✶✴ ●✶✴ ❂✿✸✺✿♦❍●✺t
❅●✺❦✿✺✸ ✿❂❂❁✴❂ ❋✹✶ ✵✶✴✸✹✺
✳✴✻✽ ❋●✶✻✴✶❂■ ❵✴✶✸✶✴✺
●✺❀ ✳✿❂ ♣✿❋✴ ❬✴✺✿❋✴✶ ✹♣✺
s✶✴✴✺❊✹✸✿❍ ❢❢❣ ●✺❀ t✳✴
❢●❄ ❢✹♣ ◆●✺❍✳ ✳✴✻✽ ❋●✶✻
✿✺ ❢●✺✴ ❣✹❁✺t❄■ ✰✳✴ ❍✹❁✽❊✴
●✶✴ ❂t✶❁✸✸❊✿✺✸ t✹ ♦✺❀ ● ❅●✺❦
t✳●t ♣✿❊❊ ●❊❊✹♣ t✳✴✻ t✹ ✹✽✴✺
● ❅❁❂✿✺✴❂❂ ●❍❍✹❁✺t■ ✰✳✶✴✴
✹❋ t✳✴ ❍✹✻✽●✺❄❩❂ ❅●✺❦ ●❍❃
❍✹❁✺t❂ ① t♣✹ t✳✿❂ ❄✴●✶ ●❊✹✺✴
① ♣✴✶✴ ❍●✺❍✴❊✴❀ ❅✴❍●❁❂✴ ✿t❩❂
● ✳✴✻✽❃❅●❂✴❀ ❍✹✻✽●✺❄■
➇P✴ ●✶✴ ●t t✳✴ ✽✹✿✺t
♣✳✴✶✴ ♣✴ ❍●✺ ✳●❯✴ ✽✴✶❂✹✺●❊
●❍❍✹❁✺t❂❈ ❅❁t ♣✴ ❍●✺❩t ✳●❯✴
✹✺✴ ❋✹✶ ✹❁✶ ❅❁❂✿✺✴❂❂❈➈ ❂●✿❀
❵✴✶✸✶✴✺❈ ♣✳✹ ❀✿❀ ✺✹t ●tt✴✺❀
P❄❀✴✺❩❂ ✶✹❁✺❀t●❅❊✴■ ➇✵❁✶
✳●✺❀❂ ●✶✴ t✿✴❀■➈
◗t❩❂ ●❊❂✹ ❅✴✴✺ ● ❂t✶❁✸✸❊✴ t✹
♦✺❀ ❍✶✹✽ ✿✺❂❁✶●✺❍✴❈ ❵✴✶✸✶✴✺
❂●✿❀■ P✳✿❊✴ t✳✴ ❅✿❊❊ ●❊❊✹♣❂
✳✴✻✽ ❋●✶✻✴✶❂ t✳✴ ●❅✿❊✿t❄ t✹
✿✺❂❁✶✴ t✳✴✿✶ ❍✶✹✽❈ ✿✺❂❁✶●✺❍✴
❍✹✻✽●✺✿✴❂ ●✶✴ ❂t✿❊❊ t❁✶✺✿✺✸
❋●✶✻✴✶❂ ❂❁❍✳ ●❂ ❵✴✶✸✶✴✺
❀✹♣✺■ ✰✳✴ ❍✹❁✽❊✴ ❂●❄ t✳✴❄
❋✴✴❊ ✿✺❍✶✴❀✿❅❊❄ ❋✹✶t❁✺●t✴ t✹
✳●❯✴ t✳✴✿✶ ❋●✶✻ ●✺❀ t✹ ❅✴
●❅❊✴ t✹ ♣✹✶❦ ✿✺ t✳✴ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄❈
❅❁t ✺✹t ✳●❯✿✺✸ ❅●✺❦✿✺✸
❂✴✶❯✿❍✴❂ ❋✹✶ t✳✴✿✶ ❅❁❂✿✺✴❂❂
✹✶ t✳✴ ●❅✿❊✿t❄ t✹ ✿✺❂❁✶✴ t✳✴✿✶
❍✶✹✽ ✽❁t❂ t✳✴✿✶ ❍✹✻✽●✺❄ ●t
✶✿❂❦ ✴❯✴✶❄ ❂✴●❂✹✺■
➇P✴❩✶✴ ❊✹❂✿✺✸ t✳✴ ●❅✿❊✿t❄
t✹ ❋❁✺❍t✿✹✺ ●❂ ● ❅❁❂✿✺✴❂❂❈
❀✿✶✴❍t❊❄ t✹ ✶✴t●✿❊❈➈ ❵✴✶✸✶✴✺
❂●✿❀■ ➇P✴ ✳●❯✴ t✹ ♣✹✶❦ ✹✺ ●
♣✳✹❊✴❂●❊✴ ❅●❂✿❂■ ❙✹✶ ✴❯✴✶❄
✹✺✴ ❂●❊✴ ♣✴ ✻●❦✴❈ ♣✴ ✳●❯✴
t✹ t❁✶✺ ❫❪ ✽✴✹✽❊✴ ❀✹♣✺■➈
❘✴✻✽ ❍●✺ ❅✴ ❁❂✴❀ ●❂ ● ✶✴❃
✺✴♣●❅❊✴ ✶✴❂✹❁✶❍✴ ❋✹✶ ✽●✽✴✶❈
❅❁✿❊❀✿✺✸ ✻●t✴✶✿●❊❂❈ t✴❳t✿❊✴❂
●✺❀ ✳✴●❊t✳ ✽✶✹❀❁❍t❂■ ❏ ✻●❃
❞✹✶ ✻●✶❦✴t ●❊❂✹ ✳●❂ ✸✶✹♣✺
✹❁t ✹❋ ❣❵▼❈ ✹✶ ❍●✺✺●❅✿❀✿✹❊❈
●✺❀ ✿t❂ ✽✹t✴✺t✿●❊ ❋✹✶ ❋✹✹❀ ✹✶
✳✴●❊t✳ ❂❁✽✽❊✴✻✴✺t❂■ ✰✳✴
❣❵▼ ✻●✶❦✴t ✿❂ ✴❂t✿✻●t✴❀ t✹
✸✶✹♣ ❋✶✹✻ ③✉❫❴ ✻✿❊❊✿✹✺ ✿✺
❭❪❫❴ t✹ ③❭❭ ❅✿❊❊✿✹✺ ❅❄ ❭❪❭❭❈
●❍❍✹✶❀✿✺✸ t✹ t✳✴ ❵✶✿✸✳t♦✴❊❀
s✶✹❁✽❈ ●✺ ●✺●❊❄t✿❍❂ ♦✶✻ t✳●t
t✶●❍❦❂ t✳✴ ❍●✺✺●❅✿❂ ✿✺❀❁❂t✶❄■