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Resonate Foods to Grow Lyon County Hemp Operation with 16 Jobs, $2.7 Million Investment

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Resonate Foods LLC, a Lyon County-based hemp grower and processor, plans to expand its presence with a $2.7 million investment expected to create at least 16 full-time jobs, Gov. Matt Bevin announced today.

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CBD Oil Extraction and Distillation Operation to Locate in Danville

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Gov. Matt Bevin today congratulated International Farmaceutical Extracts LLC (IFE), which specializes in CBD oil extraction and distillation, on its plans for a $6 million-plus manufacturing plant in Boyle County that would create up to 34 full-time jobs over a 10-year period.

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Nation's First HempWood Operation to Locate in Murray

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Gov. Matt Bevin today announced Fibonacci LLC will locate a HempWood® manufacturing operation in Calloway County with a more than $5.8 million investment expected to create 25 full-time jobs.

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Quarles: Kentucky Hemp Industry’s Economic Impact Showed Explosive Growth in 2018

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Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles announced today that sales of Kentucky hemp products in 2018 were more than 3½ times higher than the previous year and that the amount that farmers were paid for their harvests more than doubled.

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KY numbers show hemp processing has tripled in past year

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The 2018 numbers are in, and they show hemp is bringing green to Kentucky in more ways than one. Hemp processor GenCanna Global USA's Chief Sales Officer Garrett Bain says even he was surprised at how well hemp is doing, "We hoped for it, but we didn't expect it."

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Ballard County Hemp Processor AerosourceH's Rapid Growth Leads to 14 New Jobs

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As Kentucky’s hemp industry forges ahead, Gov. Matt Bevin today congratulated industrial hemp processor AerosourceH LLC on a $2.8-million expansion at the company’s Ballard County facility, a move expected to create 14 full-time jobs...

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Commissioner Quarles Hails New National Hemp Policy

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Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles on Tuesday applauded a national organization of government agriculture officials for adopting a new hemp policy that recognizes its economic potential and encourages...

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KDA Approves More than 42,000 Acres of Hemp for Planting in 2019

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Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles has announced the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) approved 1,035 applications to cultivate up to 42,086 acres of industrial hemp in 2019...

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Quarles Submits Kentucky’s Industrial Hemp Plan to USDA

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Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles submitted the Commonwealth’s regulatory framework for hemp to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for approval as required in the 2018 farm bill...

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Winchester-Based Hemp Company GenCanna to Establish New Facility near Mayfield

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 14, 2018) – Kentucky continues its role as a national leader in the burgeoning hemp industry as Gov. Matt Bevin today announced GenCanna Global USA Inc., a hemp genetics and cannabidiol (CBD) formulation company based in Winchester, will add a new facility in Graves County with a $40 million investment expected to create 80 full-time jobs...

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Hemp Program Taking Applications for 2019

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Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles announced today that the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) has opened the application period for Kentuckians wishing to participate in the state’s industrial hemp research pilot program for the 2019 growing season...

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As We Celebrate Hemp History Week, Let’s Make Our Own Mark In Hemp History

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This week Americans celebrate Hemp History Week. Here in Kentucky, we know industrial hemp is a crop that connects our past to our future. A quick survey of the crop’s history proves it is time for us to make our own mark on hemp history and allow it to flourish...

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Quarles Hails Senate Majority Leader McConnell Upon Introduction of Hemp Farming Act of 2018

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Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles applauded the introduction of the bipartisan Hemp Farming Act of 2018 by United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) today...

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Commissioner Quarles Hails Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program's Multi-Million-Dollar Economic Impact

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Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles announced today at the annual conference of the Kentucky Hemp Industries Association (KYHIA) that preliminary analysis of the 2017 Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program reveals a multi-million-dollar economic impact for the state...

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KDA Hemp Program Maintains Steady Growth; More Than 12,000 Acres Approved for Planting in 2018

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The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) has approved 225 applications from growers to cultivate up to 12,018 acres of industrial hemp for research purposes in 2018. More than 681,000 square feet of greenhouse space were approved for indoor growers in 2018...

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AgTech's Diversified, Farmers-First Industrial Hemp Operation to Create 271 Jobs in Bourbon County

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 26, 2018) – AgTech Scientific plans to create 271 jobs at a new hemp-products development and manufacturing center in Paris as it forges relationships with Kentucky farmers and partners on research projects with the state’s flagship university, Gov. Matt Bevin announced today.