Industrial Hemp

Registration is being taken for an Industrial Hemp Producers Conference to be held in the Town of Dickinson next month.

Cornell is to house the nation’s only industrial hemp germplasm repository.

Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state’s first industrial hemp research forum will be held February 28 at Cornell University.

The move toward developing the industrial hemp industry in New York State is continuing to go forward with an open house and informational meeting planned for September 26 in Endicott.

A cooperative effort between Binghamton University and Nanticoke Gardens has hemp growing in the county for the first time in more than 80 years.

New York is still selling the idea of developing industrial hemp in the Southern Tier.

In his only mention of the Southern Tier in his State of the State tour of New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo says he wants to promote industrial hemp production in the area.

Legislation is approved that clears the way for the Industrial Hemp industry in New York.