Posted by connor9988 on March 14, 2019 at 12:44:34 from (205.237.161.1):
In Reply to: Hemp posted by Commercial Farmer on March 14, 2019 at 09:57:38:
Commercial Farmer I think Industrial Hemp is another handy tool in the belt of farmers. I would be interested in growing it (If Iowa ever got their state rules figured out on it now that it's federally legal).
Obviously anything a farmer grows has to have a market to sell to for the farmer to attempt to make a profit. I think a good place to start would be historical. When new crops came to America how did their initial markets get created and evolve. I would look at soybeans as they are originally from Asia and were imported initially as a forage crop before utilizing them for their grain.
I have been reading around on some Ag news websites and found lots of articles on the legalization of industrial hemp. There are a lot of government/university test fields going up so that we can re-learn what we lost when it was banned around WWII.
I have heard that the fibrous quality of the plant will wrap around and plug up the feeder house chain on a combine pretty badly though. It would be interesting to experiment with that and see what its all about.
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