Despite federal prohibition, hemp continues to rise, with a production of 23,343 acres in 2017. The 2017 Hemp Crop Report, which records state-by-state progress of hemp legislation passed in 2017, as...

In 2017, the U.S. hemp production totaled 23,346 acres in 18 states, according to a new survey data from a prominent hemp-advocacy group. That’s more than twice as much as hemp production in 2016,...