Local farmers want to know how much money they can make from hemp, and a Louisville-based company is helping them find out. Sunstrand held an informational session Wednesday at their Milton processing facility. They provided food, a seminar and a tour. Sunstrand would not say what they pay farmers, but said the highest yielding hemp fiber crops can make more than corn."If you can harvest upwards of five tons an acre, you can equate that to $5 corn and for a farmer, we haven't seen $5 corn prices in a long time. Those were the glory days of farming," farmer Shane Ball said. Farmer Barry Graves told WLKY he is hoping to make $350 to $400 per acre, which is what he makes on soybeans, but for now, many are cautiously starting small."You're not going to see this crop from wall to wall on our farm, but you may see a few patches of it here, there and yonder amongst the soybeans, tobacco and hay crops that we already grow," Graves said. Sunstrand says they are reaching out to farmers to help fill rising demand for hemp fiber.The Kentucky Hemp Industry association is holding their fifth annual conference Feb. 28 in Bowling Green.

Local farmers want to know how much money they can make from hemp, and a Louisville-based company is helping them find out.

Sunstrand held an informational session Wednesday at their Milton processing facility. They provided food, a seminar and a tour.


Sunstrand would not say what they pay farmers, but said the highest yielding hemp fiber crops can make more than corn.

"If you can harvest upwards of five tons an acre, you can equate that to $5 corn and for a farmer, we haven't seen $5 corn prices in a long time. Those were the glory days of farming," farmer Shane Ball said.

Farmer Barry Graves told WLKY he is hoping to make $350 to $400 per acre, which is what he makes on soybeans, but for now, many are cautiously starting small.

"You're not going to see this crop from wall to wall on our farm, but you may see a few patches of it here, there and yonder amongst the soybeans, tobacco and hay crops that we already grow," Graves said.

Sunstrand says they are reaching out to farmers to help fill rising demand for hemp fiber.

The Kentucky Hemp Industry association is holding their fifth annual conference Feb. 28 in Bowling Green.