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Arkansas's First Major Hemp Crop Is Harvested

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Six cultivars of medicinal hemp are being harvested on a farm operated by Arkansas Hemp Genetics, LLCin rural northwestern Washington County. After a century-long prohibition, hundreds of thousands of acres of hemp are under cultivation across the U.S., including over 3,000 acres in Arkansas. 

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.