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In the discussion thread: McConnell backs hemp legalization in Kentucky [View all]

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:19 AM

37. Growing hemp should be legalized at the Federal level but it is no panacea for small farms.

It is another potential crop for some areas but if it is legalized the bulk of it will likely be grown on very large farms as it lends itself to large acreage commodity type production (easily mechanized, need for off farm processing). Think cotton. Hemp is basically a fiber crop like cotton. Yes there are other uses from the seeds, etc. but is basically a fiber crop.

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60 replies	Author	Time	Post
McConnell backs hemp legalization in Kentucky [View all]	IDemo	Jan 2013	OP
It's for rope, officer . . .	another_liberal	Jan 2013	#1
HELL HAS FROZEN OVER!!	Angry Dragon	Jan 2013	#2
Dems should be all about hemp. From environmental benefits to economics	think	Jan 2013	#3
I think there is an underlying situation here...	vaberella	Jan 2013	#4
McConnell is looking forward to 2014. He's sucking up to us.	alfredo	Feb 2013	#17
There isn't enough sucking power in a category 5 tornado	tpsbmam	Feb 2013	#23
We need a good strong candidate to defeat his money machine.	alfredo	Feb 2013	#36
Or making plans for 2015 when he's OUT of the Senate	Kennah	Feb 2013	#25
He could make more than his $4 million a year in	alfredo	Feb 2013	#38
It's about economics: hemp means jobs	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2013	#26
Something I've been wondering; if hemp is grown outside, could it end up cross-pollinating with	Mnemosyne	Jan 2013	#5
Yes. See here:	think	Jan 2013	#8
Well that really, really, really stinks. Thanks think! nt	Mnemosyne	Jan 2013	#9
Works also the other way around	tama	Feb 2013	#29
I feel better, thanks tama!	Mnemosyne	Feb 2013	#32
This is not true...	docgee	Feb 2013	#34
The whole technique of growing...	SHRED	Feb 2013	#40
Just like any other outdoor production farm...	docgee	Feb 2013	#47
good points	SHRED	Feb 2013	#48
Perhaps I should clarify	think	Feb 2013	#41
There's wild hemp left over from our past hemp farms. I don't know any home growers.	alfredo	Feb 2013	#19
I hope not, the genetics being used are amazing and would hate to see it destroyed for anything. nt	Mnemosyne	Feb 2013	#21
How far does it travel, and how long is it viable are two questions.	alfredo	Feb 2013	#35
Sorry. I thought you were focussed only on the immediate impact	think	Feb 2013	#44
It's more than that but yes it does	SHRED	Feb 2013	#42
Thanks SHRED! nt	Mnemosyne	Feb 2013	#50
Hemp needs to be allowed to be grown in the USA.	Cha	Jan 2013	#6
Mitch's magic pill to stay in power.	freshwest	Jan 2013	#7
Is this the Onion?	NV Whino	Jan 2013	#10
Worrying about your political future, McChinless? hollow asshole. We all see right through your BS	Nanjing to Seoul	Jan 2013	#11
Many reasons to loathe McConnell, but he deserves credit, not scorn, for getting this one right.	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2013	#55
color me very suspicious of his intentions. election time posturing	Nanjing to Seoul	Feb 2013	#58
Tentatively, yes,	Volaris	Feb 2013	#59
Wow	iandhr	Jan 2013	#12
And you will notice how he conjured up the image of a reasonable Rand Paul by	okaawhatever	Jan 2013	#13
The Democratic Party leadership sucks	SHRED	Jan 2013	#14
I swear...	SHRED	Jan 2013	#15
McTurtle	AAO	Jan 2013	#16
Do turtles eat hemp? Mind you, McConnell looks more like a meth user but still...	randome	Feb 2013	#39
I think they'd try it, but likely spit it out.	AAO	Feb 2013	#52
This doesn't surprise me at all...	ReRe	Feb 2013	#18
Godless Pinko!	Ian Iam	Feb 2013	#20
If that creep is for it, he will be making much money from it. That is the only reason any of them	Mnemosyne	Feb 2013	#22
So, McConnel is more progressive	Le Taz Hot	Feb 2013	#24
Hey, California is behind Iowa and NY on Marriage Equality	Yavin4	Feb 2013	#45
Yeah, and I can't tell you how proud I am	Le Taz Hot	Feb 2013	#46
But hemp won't happen without a change in federal law.	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2013	#27
That's the problem	tama	Feb 2013	#30
Ron Paul used to introduce a hemp bill every year, but he's gone now.	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2013	#31
What was the vote on Ron Paul's bill?	Ter	Feb 2013	#53
It never went anywhere. Never even got a hearing. Ever.	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2013	#54
That's the bottom line...	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#49
Rand and McChinless making sense!? Aqua Buddha moves in mysterious ways. nt	SunSeeker	Feb 2013	#28
There is a large Hemp processing center in North Carolina	fasttense	Feb 2013	#33
Growing hemp should be legalized at the Federal level but it is no panacea for small farms.	yellowcanine	Feb 2013	#37
Hemp Brings Americans Together As One	Yavin4	Feb 2013	#43
Color me unimpressed	Inkfreak	Feb 2013	#51
The Bluegrass State's No. 1 Cash Crop: Dope	struggle4progress	Feb 2013	#56
Check out "The Cornbread Mafia" by James Higdon.	Comrade Grumpy	Feb 2013	#60
i swear i went cross-eyed when i read that. is KY going to have flying pigs next?	farminator3000	Feb 2013	#57

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