11,500 acres of hemp grows on farms across North Carolina, including Stokes County

By CNN

Published November 19, 2019 11:42 AM

STOKES COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s become the most talked-about crop in our state.

With thousands of farmers giving hemp a try, we wanted to find out more about it.

Over the past few months, we have been following a Stokes County farmer as he planted, tended, then harvested his hemp crop.

Brad Jones has a closer look at the process that’s Made in North Carolina.

By the way, this year’s hemp crop covered around 11,500 acres statewide.

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