The Hemp Report

By James MacPherson, Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press
InForum - Fargo, ND
December 4, 2006

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - David Monson plans on being one of the first in line to apply for a license to grow industrial hemp legally in North Dakota.

Monson is a state representative from Osnabrock and a farmer who watches his Canadian neighbors grow the crop just 25 miles north of his farm. Hemp production has been legal in Canada since 1998, after 60 years of prohibition.

Monson said it's time for North Dakota to cash in on the crop.

"We know it will grow here," Monson said.

North Dakota farmers may start applying for state licenses to grow industrial hemp on Jan. 1, but no seed may be sown until federal drug agents approve, Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says.

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Original North Dakota Department of Agriculture press release at:
http://www.agdepartment.com/2006Press/other061204b.htm

Video from KXMA-TV - Dickinson, ND at:
http://www.kxnet.com/video.asp?ArticleId=73608&VideoId=3478