State legislators consider hemp in Iowa
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11/22/2016
Could Iowa soon see a new cash crop, among our fields of corn and soybeans?
The big topic at the State Capitol Monday was hemp.
Three of the six members of the Hemp Program Study Committee are farmers, and they seemed receptive for the most part.
"Hemp can make paper, polymers, plastics, it can make batteries, houses," Colorado hemp farmer Rick Trojan said.
Read the full article on the KCCI website.
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