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Australia: Hemp the crop of farmers' future

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ABC Kimberley, Western Aus.

Friday 05 Dec 2003

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(Presenter: Greg Hayes
Researcher: Vanessa Mills )


Lucrative & legal cash crop for farmers

The West Australian Government is poised to legalise the cultivation of
industrial hemp.

This is not the stuff you can smoke - it has no effect as a drug and is
instead made into clothing, textiles, culinary oil, paper & even
biodegradable plastic.

It is touted as being a green alternative to cotton or timber.

Currently, industrial hemp can only be grown in WA under strict conditions,
which has restricted the burgeoning market and producers have to import it
from overseas growers.

Legislation has recently been introduced to allow hemp to be cultivated
and already farmers around the state are considering diversifying into the
lucrative crop. A crop of hemp can yeild $3000 per hectare.

Kim Hough is the President of the Hemp Association of WA. He says theres
potential for growing industrial hemp in Kununurra's Ord Valley.


 

 

 

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