The Governor has taken significant measures to encourage industrial hemp production in New York. In 2015, the State launched its Industrial Hemp Agricultural Research Pilot Program, permitting a limited number of educational institutions to grow and research industrial hemp. In 2017, the State eliminated the cap on the number of sites authorized to grow and research the plant and expanded the program to include farmers and businesses. Governor Cuomo also introduced and signed new legislation to establish industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity under the State’s Agricultural and Markets Law.
Cornell University released this publication called Industrial Hemp from Seed to Market for New York. It is an overview of some of the ways to grow and harvest hemp and many of the products that can be produced by hemp. It is brief but detailed and makes an interesting read.
You can read the document by clicking the link below
