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    Kentucky was the greatest producer of hemp in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries, when it was the source of three fourths of U.S. hemp...
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    legal in the state, and Kentucky has a history of cultivating industrial hemp for fiber since 1775. Hemp was first cultivated for fiber in Kentucky near...
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    Hemp in the United States was a legal crop in the 18th and 19th centuries. Production was effectively banned in the mid-20th century, but it returned...
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    state with the most slave owners. Planters cultivated tobacco and hemp (see Hemp in Kentucky) on plantations with the use of enslaved labor, and were noted...
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  • McConnell announced he would introduce legislation legalizing hemp production in his state, Kentucky, and nationally. McConnell introduced the bill, S.2667,...
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    Hemp, or industrial hemp, is a plant in the botanical class of Cannabis sativa cultivars grown specifically for industrial and consumable use. It can...
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  • grown in the state include corn, soybeans, hay, wheat and tobacco. Historically, hemp has been a cash crop in the state (see hemp in Kentucky). Finished...
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  • Look up hemp or hempen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hemp or industrial hemp is a strain of the Cannabis sativa plant grown specifically for the...
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    Louie Nunn (category County judges in Kentucky)
    legalization of industrial hemp in Kentucky. He died of a heart attack on January 29, 2004. Louie Broady Nunn was born in Park, Kentucky – a small community...
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  • Hemp Ridge is an unincorporated community within Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hemp...
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