New Oklahoma law will allow farmers to grow hemp
Apr 24, 2018 22:53:45 #
New Oklahoma law will allow farmers to grow hemp - https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/new-oklahoma-law-will-allow-farmers-to-grow-hemp
Apr 24, 2018 23:02:27 #
dirtpusher wrote:
New Oklahoma law will allow farmers to grow hemp - https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/new-oklahoma-law-will-allow-farmers-to-grow-hemp
A bit behind the times. In WWII the government paid farmers to grow hemp to make rope for among other the Navy. My Grandfather planted, I think, 40 acres on contract with the Navy. There are different varieties of the plant and some are better for rope and cordage than others.
As a result of this the stuff grows wild all over the Ohio & Mississippi vally and the Midwest. To the point that many game birds and small mammals came to depend on it for food and cover and when the government came up with a program to eradicate it a few decades ago the biggest resistance came from hunters and wildlife types.
Apr 24, 2018 23:49:55 #
robertjerl wrote:
A bit behind the times. In WWII the government pa... (show quote)
All very good points as for secondary benefit . Best benefit is medical benefits.
Another benefit. It has the same nitrogen sigiture as marijuana. When the police flys over trying locate marijuana patches.
Apr 25, 2018 05:59:35 #
dirtpusher wrote:
New Oklahoma law will allow farmers to grow hemp - https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/new-oklahoma-law-will-allow-farmers-to-grow-hemp
I'm probably not entirely right, but isn't Hemp cultivation outlawed by the Feds?
Apr 25, 2018 06:34:42 #
robertjerl wrote:
A bit behind the times. In WWII the government pa... (show quote)
I read that there was a reduction of 40% in the songbird population in the midwest because of the eradication of wild hemp.
Apr 25, 2018 06:35:44 #
TJBNovember wrote:
I'm probably not entirely right, but isn't Hemp cultivation outlawed by the Feds?
I think you are right. But a lot of states are bucking the federal government on these outdated laws.
Apr 25, 2018 06:36:34 #
dirtpusher wrote:
All very good points as for secondary benefit . Best benefit is medical benefits.
Another benefit. It has the same nitrogen sigiture as marijuana. When the police flys over trying locate marijuana patches.
Another benefit. It has the same nitrogen sigiture as marijuana. When the police flys over trying locate marijuana patches.
I saw a store with hemp products one time. They had shirts made with hemp fiber - they were very nice - similar to linen.
Apr 25, 2018 07:53:31 #
Good for them. Agricultural hemp is merely a cousin to the marijuana which is smoked, and can be a valuable crop for farmers. It’s “healing power” is actually minute, if present at all. It was knee-jerk ignorance of the government to ever ban agricultural hemp to begin with. Several states have considered this move, including here in Indiana. I remember my mother telling me that it was a normal crop in northern Indiana when she was a child.
Apr 25, 2018 08:05:32 #
JeffL
Loc: New Jersey
Industrial hemp is very low in THC, one of the hallucinogenic cannabinoids, while having a high percentage of CBD. CBD is not psychoactive, but provides tremendous medical benefits. There are several purveyors of CBD Oil derived from industrial hemp. The effectiveness of this oil would be greatly enhanced by the addition of a small amount of THC which is an agonist to CBD.
BTW, one acre of hemp, in one growing season, provides more fiber than four acres of mature trees. Fabric made from hemp is stronger than cotton fabric, wears longer, and is not subject to rot. Hemp would have been the preferred crop over cotton, except the cotton gin made cotton more economical to harvest. And, the plant can provide seeds for food and oil for fuel.
BTW, one acre of hemp, in one growing season, provides more fiber than four acres of mature trees. Fabric made from hemp is stronger than cotton fabric, wears longer, and is not subject to rot. Hemp would have been the preferred crop over cotton, except the cotton gin made cotton more economical to harvest. And, the plant can provide seeds for food and oil for fuel.
Apr 25, 2018 14:16:34 #
Charlie157
Loc: San Diego, CA
If I remember history correctly. America was growing hemp before tobacco, Mainly for rope.
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