Utah Farmers Report Successes and Challenges in First Hemp Season
Jud Haward is a hemp farmer from Utah whose crop is now drying in his barn after harvesting. He has used the hanging method to dry his plants and the drying hemp is filling the air with a heavenly cannabis aroma. He is proud of the hemp yields from his 10-acres despite having sold only a part of the crop. Haward was among the first farmers in Utah to grow industrial hemp. Thus, he relied mainly on his instinct and little guidance from an expert to nurture his crop to maturity. The most nerve-wracking thing is, he was never sure…