Source: Caleb Ayers, ROANOKE-CHOWAN NEWS, 1/12/20

The results of regional hemp production during the 2019 growing season was a mixed bag. One of the biggest problems was a dearth of nearby processing facilities, which has left many growers holding onto their dried hemp months after harvest, still waiting for a distant processing plant to have the room and need for their product. “There’s a big bottleneck,” said Robert Mills, a Pittsylvania County farmer who grew several acres of hemp in 2019 and is on the Virginia Farm Bureau board of directors.

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