'So many rules;' Massachusetts hemp farmers say CBD regulations have them worried about being able t

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Source: Mass Live

‘So many rules;' Massachusetts hemp farmers say CBD regulations have them worried about being able to make a profit

Updated Aug 9, 2019; Posted Aug 9, 2019
By Douglas Hook

Scott Hutkoski has planted his first eight acres of hemp on his family farm in Western Massachusetts at a cost of $25,000 and is uncertain if he will make a profit.

A tobacco farmer, Hutkoski has seen a huge decline in demand, going from 65 acres four years ago to just 10 acres of tobacco today on his Whately property, Long Plain Farm. He and his brother are now looking to hemp as a financial savior.

“I’ve been working at a local construction site for the last four years as an extra source of income,” said Hutkoski. “We just don’t have enough coming in to farm full time anymore.”

August will be the first hemp harvest for Hutkoski.

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“Massachusetts has more regulations than other states in the region,” said Amherst Simple Gifts owner Jeremy M. Barker-Plotkin. “There is a big boom in the economy in Vermont because of its liberal view on hemp. Here in Massachusetts there’s so many rules to follow.”

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Read more: https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/08/so-many-rules-massachusetts-hemp-farmers-say-cbd-regulations-have-them-worried-about-being-able-to-make-a-profit.html

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1. We saw this coming a mile away. Expect massive costs with...

Lots of government profit.