Business Insider: U.S. farmers experimenting with hemp as China trade war drags on

U.S. farmers experimenting with hemp as China trade war drags on
By Julie Ingwersen and David Randall HAYSVILLE, Kansas (Reuters) - A growing number of U.S. farmers battered by low grain prices and the threat of a prolonged trade war with China are seeking salvation in a plant that until recently was illegal: hemp. A cousin of cannabis plants that produce marijuana, hemp is used in products ranging from food to building materials and cannabidiol, or CBD oil, which is being touted as a treatment for everything from sleeplessness to acne to heart disease.

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