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A small hemp plant grows on a field among ready to harvest hemp. The field, located on one of Murray State’s farms, will be harvested next week.

Hemp harvest begins after months of growth

October 17, 2014

Murray State’s engagement as hemp-growers for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture is coming to an end following months of growing the crop and weeks...

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In this Aug. 1, 2014 photo, Tony L. Brannon, Murray State University’s agriculture dean, stands for a photo near a hemp crop at the school’s research farm in Murray, Ky. Researchers and farmers are producing the state’s first legal hemp crop in generations. Hemp has turned into a political cause in the Bluegrass state.

Hemp ready for harvest

August 29, 2014

Six months after select states were granted the right to cultivate and test industrial hemp, Murray State’s first crops, grown on behalf of the Kentucky...

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