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Canadian Company Grows Hemp Locally

CLICK TO READ ALL STORIES IN HOMETOWN, FREEMAN’S Canadian Company Grows Hemp Locally 300 Acres Planted At Springfield Center Branson Skinner, Canopy Growth’s farm manager for New York State, examines the hemp crop at Waterpoint Farm on Smith Road, Springfield Center, the former Stitzel dairy farm. (Jennifer Hill/AllOTSEGO.com) By JENNIFER HILL – Special to AllOTSEGO.com SPRINGFIELD CENTER – The buzz from hemp is an economic one and Otsego County is starting to get it. Last spring, the Canadian cannabis company,…

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Canadian Corp. Growing Hemp Locally

Canadian Corp. Growing Hemp Locally By JENNIFER HILL • Special to ALLOTSEGO.com By JENNIFER HILL • Special to AllOTSEGO.com SPRINGFIELD CENTER The buzz from hemp is an economic one and Otsego County is starting to get it. Last spring, the Canadian cannabis company, Canopy Growth, bought Stitzel’s Waterpoint Farm, which closed its dairy operations in 2017, and this fall will harvest its first hemp crop – 300 acres’ worth – in mid-October. The hemp will be dried and milled at…

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