AND FARMING HAS GROWN
ENORMOUSLY IN RECENT YEARS,
BUT IT COMES WITH A COST
FARMERS ARE GROWING PLANTS
THAT THEY CAN'T PROCESS AND
GET TO MARKET AND IN SOME
CASES, THEY'RE STUCK HOLDING
THE BAG. OUR EMILY BURRIS IS
DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE
BUDDING INDUSTRY UNCOVERING
THE NEW HURDLES THAT THE NOW
LEGAL CROP IS FACING.
FOR HIM WAS FEDERALLY
ILLEGAL AND LARGELY
OVERSHADOWED BY ITS
PSYCHOACTIVE PROFITABLE COUSIN
MARIJUANA. NOW THIS
CONTROVERSIAL AND VERSATILE
PLANT IS STEPPING INTO THE
SPOTLIGHT WITH OREGON GROWERS
BLAZING A TRAIL.
HOLDS MORE THE LEAF OFF TO
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DEMAND GREW FARMERS FARMERS
HEARD THE STORIES, YOU KNOW
ONE FARMER TALKS TO ANOTHER
FARMER AND SAID HEY I SAW MY
STUFF FOR $50 A POUND LAST
YEAR AS MAKING $100,000 AN
ACRE AN $80 MILLION OFF A 8
ACRES A LOT OF THE COLD TO BE
UTTERS.
GOT A LITTLE BIT OUT OVER
THEIR SKIS AND THEY DIDN'T
KNOW HOW TO.
HARVEST HOW TO DRY OUT A
TRANSPORT.
TO GET TO MARKET HANDLERS.
TAKE THE CROP AND EXTRACT A
CRUDE OIL FROM THE PLANT'S BIO
MASS ECONOMISTS AND INDUSTRY
INSIDERS SAY THE RUSH TO GROW
WITHOUT A PROCESSING
INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE HAS
CREATED A BACKLOG OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE SEEN
A NUMBER OF FARMERS INCREASE
EXPONENTIALLY WELL WE'VE ALSO
SEEN A NUMBER OF HANDLERS
INCREASE, EXPONENTIALLY THE
AMOUNT OF HANDLERS ARE
MANUFACTURED IN THE STATE HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH
THE NUMBER OF ACRES THAT ARE
ACTUALLY BEING HARVESTED AND
PRICES ARE DROPPING AS LARGER
COMPANIES AND PROCESSORS START
TO INTEGRATE THEIR OWN GROWING
OPERATIONS TO SAVE MONEY.
FARMERS WHO NOW TRY TO JUMP IN
OR CONVERT FROM OTHER CROPS
MAY FIND THEMSELVES BUYING IN
WITHOUT REAPING THE REWARDS
THEY HOPE FOR YES, IF YOU'RE
IF YOU'RE A SMALLER FARMER,
AND YOU ARE HOPING TO JUST GET
SEVERAL 1000 POUNDS, OF BAGS
OF STUFF LIKE THIS AND SELL IT
TO A PROCESSOR.
THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN
ANYMORE KNOW THOSE DAYS ARE
GONE AND SO A LOT OF THE SMALL
MOM AND POPS 3 TO 5 EVEN 10
ACRE FARMS ARE NOT SEE THE
SAME OUTLETS CURRENTLY THAT
THEY HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS
THIS IS THE CLOSEST THAT LOOKS
LIKE COMING OUT OF THE FIELDS
ADDING TO THE ISSUE LEGAL RED
TAPE AS STATE AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTS WORK TO REGULATE
THIS PLANT HEMP IS NO LONGER
CONSIDERED A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE.
BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME
GRAY AREAS AROUND WHERE IT CAN
BE TRANSPORTED HOW IT'S GROWN
HOW THE STATE IS GOING TO
BACKGROUND CHECK GROWERS AND
HOW HIM IS TESTED FOR LEVELS
OF THC IT IS IN HIM NOWHERE
NEAR ENOUGH TO GET YOU HIGH,
BUT AN A FOR FEDERAL
REGULATORS TO FORCE FARMERS TO
TILL THEIR FIELDS IF THEIR
PRODUCT TESTS ABOVE A LOW
THRESHOLD IS GOING TO SOME
SENSES OF URGENCY AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
ESPECIALLY AT THE FDA. AND
THE USDA THERE ARE MIXED
MESSAGES WHETHER YOU'RE A FOR
YOUR STATE JURISDICTION OR
FEDERAL.
LAST UNTIL THEY LINE UP
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERIM
INDUSTRY POTENTIALLY HOLDING
BACK WHAT BEAU WHITNEY SAYS
COULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CASH CROPS IN THE US THERE'S
OVER 23,000 JOBS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE HEMP INDUSTRY IN
OREGON TODAY.
AND BECAUSE SOME OF THE
FARMERS ARE DISTRESSED COMING
OUT OF THE GATE. THERE'S GOING
TO BE IN EMPLOYMENT IMPACT IN
ADDITION TO THE REVENUE IMPACT
THAT THESE FARMERS ARE FACING
STILL PEOPLE ARE OPTIMISTIC
THAT GETTING OVER THESE
HURDLES WILL OPEN UP EVEN MORE
DOORS FOR HIM HERE AT HOME AND
ABROAD. THE ON CBD THE PLANT
HAS UNTAPPED POTENTIAL AS A
FOOD SOURCE FOR PEOPLE AND
ANIMALS.
EVEN A BUILDING MATERIALS
PRODUCTS THAT OREGON COULD
SOMEDAY EXPORT GLOBAL THIS
PLANT CAN DO SO MANY AMAZING
THINGS AND I'M VERY EXCITED
FOR THE FUTURE. SO WHAT
HAPPENS FROM HERE WILL THE
USDA JUST CLOSED A PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD ABOUT HOW HIM
SHOULD BE REGULATED.
AND HOW THESE PROGRAMS
SHOULD LOOK OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS FARMERS COULD
BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR USDA
PROGRAMS THINGS LIKE INSURANCE
AND FARM LOANS TO GROW AND
PROTECT THEIR PRODUCTS JUST
LIKE OTHER CROPS IN THE
MEANTIME IS A QUESTION OF WHO
IS STRONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE
THE INDUSTRIES, UPS AND DOWNS
UNTIL THEN EMILY BURRIS KOIN 6
NEWS. WE'VE ALSO POSTED MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT HEMP FARMING