Out in his farm fields near Williston, N.D., and across the border in Montana, Beau Anderson still has many hemp bales sitting there waiting to be sold.
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Andy Gray, MDA’s hemp program coordinator, sees a future for hemp in Montana. But a hemp business deal in 2018 duped 25 eastern Montana farmers, including Anderson, into signing a contract with USA Biofuels for 20,000 acres of hemp.
The farmers were never paid for their hemp, and they were not allowed to sell it either. And because there is not crop insurance for hemp, they couldn’t put in a claim for their hemp acres. They won their lawsuit but will probably never see the money.
Out in his farm fields near Williston, N.D., and across the border in Montana, Beau Anderson still has many hemp bales sitting there waiting to be sold. A lawsuit awarded $65 million to 25 farmers, including Anderson, who were duped into a contract for hemp. They will probably never see the money.
Photo credit Alexis Bonogofsky.
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