Technical hemp is returned to the US
An obstacle in the way of revival konoplevodstva in the US is the lack of range in the US market the seed that farmers have to be imported from abroad, particularly from the countries of Western Europe
Eight decades since, when the laws on the criminalization of cannabis completely destroyed the crops most highly profitable crop on the open spaces of North America.
Currently, less than one percent of American farmers engaged in the cultivation of industrial hemp cultivation technology. But prior to the criminalization of the plant at the state level, which was launched in 1937 in the wake of an unfounded hysteria, a plant cultivated for more than 30% of farmers. Then their products widely appreciated in both domestic and international market, bringing consumers a strong plant fibers, suitable for the production of textiles and knitwear. That consumer goods from hemp fiber in those years were among the most high-quality and durable.
2 years ago in the United States criminalizing industrial hemp came to an end, after Barrack Obama, has adopted amendments to the legislation, according to which the country's government agencies to put the task of re-legalization of cannabis malonarkoticheskoy as technical agriculture culture, on a limited, experimental basis.
Farmers long ago in South and North America realize that cannabis could be the key to the salvation of the economy in rural areas, the benefit that this plant is very unpretentious for cultivation, and is in great demand in the market. According to analysts of the US agricultural market in North America is the Canadian farmers engaged in its cultivation for years, come to the rescue with their harvest very good money.
Dawn konoplevodstva
A pilot project for a limited kultivatsirovaniyu hemp supported power several agricultural states in the country, such as Nevada, where authorities recently approved a program of limited industrial hemp cultivation.
According to local media, the program is limited to a few fields in which the plants will be grown with strictly controlled levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which should be minimized.
"All plants are tested for the content of compounds THC. If it exceeds the rate of 0.3 per gram of plant material, the plant is destroyed," according to reporters Robert Little, who is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the State of Nevada.
Some people like activist Rick Troyan, standing at the head of the Colorado organization Hemp Road Trip, think big, wanting to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp and its application in the industry at the federal level. That is why Mr Trojan, with activists of the team went into a kind of tour of all the rural states of the country, speaking at conferences for farmers and politicians of different states, urging them to support the bill so favorable for agriculture.
He has already performed in Kansas, telling residents of the State of the benefits that they can bring a federal bill, which is called "Act on the legalization of industrial hemp cultivation."
"Apart from the obvious profitability of cannabis cultivation, it also has useful properties for soil health, strengthening it and restoring its some useful nutrients", Mr. Trojan said at a conference in Kansas. "With it, farmers will be able not only to make their farms profitable, but also to preserve the fertility of cultivated fields for future generations."
In addition, several other states have already begun to local projects for industrial hemp legalization. For example, in Alabama seen several projects, one of which proposes to legalize industrial hemp in full, while the other is restricted to the time the test program at the University.
Looking seeds
Another obstacle to the revival konoplevodstva in the US, in addition to the criminalization of the remaining obstacles is the lack of range in the US market the seed that farmers have to be imported from abroad, particularly from the countries of Western Europe.
But US agricultural producers do not despair: the power of Oregon and Washington enthusiastically support the development konoplevodstva in their respective states, inviting volunteers from other regions to gain experience. And farmers themselves take an active interest in the agricultural culture.
For example, Ryan Loffin engaged in the financing of technical konoplevodstva in Colorado, he believes that the main thing to start "green revolution", then Hemp can promote themselves in their own states.
"Cannabis should be half as much irrigation than wheat, but, at the same time, brings four times more revenue per hectare. It is important to begin the process of its legalization and show people that cannabis is not a threat to the agricultural community, but on the contrary, bears their financial well-being. I believe that it was hemp fields will help us to prevent further collapse of agriculture in America, making it lucrative and attractive for new generations of farmers in business. "
Information taken from the site http://tku.org.ua