Source: Chris Bennett, AGWEB, 11/27/18


Wide and tall, Chris Adams’ hemp was hiding a Trojan horse. As the field flowered in mid-September 2018, the North Dakota farmer was at the hemp homestretch, ready to harvest $200,000 in CBD production. Walking a slow place down the rows of female plants, he stopped in mid-step and stared in disbelief at an absolute gatecrasher—a pollen sac. Adios to the entire crop; Adams had just been skinned by the shady dealings of the Wild West hemp industry. 

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