There is no known terminology in Hemp History to quantify the crop. There are wheat bushels and potato centuries, but what do we call hemp?
The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the controlled substances list. It is now an agricultural commodity in the U.S., but there is yet to be a universal name for hemp quantities.
From seed quantities to fibre lengths, there is no standardization. This is leading to confusion with investors, as there’s no method for determining numbers. Jay Noller, head of Oregon State University’s new Global Hemp Innovation Centre, said everyone is saying, “People are investing in hemp but we don’t know what to divide it by.”
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