Price slump saps Texas hemp crop, but optimism still blooms

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Price slump saps Texas hemp crop, but optimism still blooms

Austin American-Statesman

By early October, Aaron Owens anticipates that the young hemp plants he’s cultivating on two acres just south of Dripping Springs will be about six feet tall and ready for harvest — giving him a successful crop in the inaugural season of legal Texas hemp production.

But it’s no surprise to Owens that many other prospective hemp growers are opting to sit out the state’s first year.