N.C. hemp farmers struggle to meet state’s stringent standards for THC
Justin Hamilton’s company farm last year lost an entire greenhouse of hemp — somewhere between $25,000 and $35,000 — because his crop violated the state’s THC threshold by 0.1%. The crops of at least 38 other North Carolina hemp farmers were destroyed over the past two years after farmers inadvertently overstepped the 0.3% THC standard,...