LANSING – While many people are anxiously awaiting the start of Michigan’s recreational market, a group of farmers and processors working with a different strain of the cannabis plant are celebrating their first harvest.
“We see an opportunity to truly scale the plant to produce CBD and the fibers from the hemp plant,” said Dave Crabill, vice president of IHemp Michigan, an association of farmers, processors and manufacturers across the state.
The group met in Lansing on Monday to talk about the introduction of hemp into Michigan’s agriculture industry.
Since the 2018 farm bill legalized hemp production, Michigan started a pilot program, registering and licensing 572 growers, who planned to plant 32,614 acres, and 423 processors. And after planting in the spring and summer, the farmers are in the midst of harvesting their first crop.
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