The fast-growing industry in the state of Kentucky has Hemp in the News this week, as fields and jobs continue to expand.
Kentucky is now the leading state in hemp production, with over 60,000 acres. What also makes them the leading state is the immense employment growth that its hemp industry has created. Close to 1,000 jobs have been created in Kentucky since December 2015.
Although a lot of this new employment is in farming, most of it isn’t. Jobs have been created in many other fields, such as sales, delivery, and lab technicians.
In the past three years, Kentucky has seen sixteen hemp processors establish plants in the state.
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