A little over a year and a half after the South Dakota Legislature legalized the crop, the state’s first industrial hemp harvest is complete. SDPB’s Lura Roti checks in with a farmer and others to learn about this harvest and what it means for the future of industrial hemp in South Dakota.
“There are so many things that we can do with this product. It’s unbelievable. Whether it’s in the CBD oil extraction or the fiber end of things, it’s unbelievable what you can do with hemp,” Oren Lesmeister said, noting there are more than 17,000 products that are made with hemp.